RT Book, Section
A1 Mah, Douglas Y.
A1 Bevilacqua, Laura M.
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146115108
T1 Electrocardiogram Interpretation
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146115108
RD 2024/04/18
AB Every  heartbeat  is  controlled  by  electrical  waves  passing  through  the  heart.  The  summation  of  this  electrical  activity  results  in  the  tracing  seen  on  an  electrocardiogram  (ECG).  The  first  ECG  was  performed  in  the  1880s  through  the  work  of  August  Waller  and  Willem  Einthoven.  The  ECG  has  since  been  used  as  a  simple  and  noninvasive  method  to  screen  patients  for  a  variety  of  anatomic  and  electrical  disorders.  This  chapter  provides  an  overview  for  interpreting  pediatric  ECGs  and  identifying  important  rhythm  disturbances  in  the  pediatric  population.