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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Feb;17(2):135–143. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000612

Table 3.

Adverse events.

Placebo (n) Treatment (n) Total (n)
Adverse Event
Accelerated junctional rhythm# 0 2 2
Junctional ectopic tachycardia# 2 4 6
Ventricular tachycardia 0 1 1
Ectopic atrial tachycardia 2 0 2
Sinus tachycardia 1 1 2
Unspecified tachycardia 1 1 2
Low cardiac output requiring CPR or ECMO 1 1 2
Cardiac arrhythmia leading to CPR 1 0 1
Low cardiac output with pulmonary hypertension 1 0 1
AKI* 1 1 2
Bleeding 1 0 1
Sepsis 1 0 1
Arm and jaw pain 1 0 1
Total (any event) 13^ 11^ 24
#

We differentiated accelerated junctional rhythm (hemodynamically insignificant, not requiring medication) from junctional ectopic tachycardia (hemodynamically significant or requiring medication)

*

AKI refers to acute kidney injury for which the managing intensivist initiated aminophylline outside of the study protocol.

^

p = 0.3

CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation