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0.01 mg/kg orally 3 times daily for the first 2 doses, then 0.0035 mg/kg 3 times daily<ref name="Pfammatter-1998">{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pfammatter | first1 = JP. | last2 = Stocker | first2 = FP. | title = Re-entrant supraventricular tachycardia in infancy: current role of prophylactic digoxin treatment. | journal = Eur J Pediatr | volume = 157 | issue = 2 | pages = 101-6 | month = Feb | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9504781 }}</ref><ref name="Sanatani-2012">{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sanatani | first1 = S. | last2 = Potts | first2 = JE. | last3 = Reed | first3 = JH. | last4 = Saul | first4 = JP. | last5 = Stephenson | first5 = EA. | last6 = Gibbs | first6 = KA. | last7 = Anderson | first7 = CC. | last8 = Mackie | first8 = AS. | last9 = Ro | first9 = PS. | title = The study of antiarrhythmic medications in infancy (SAMIS): a multicenter, randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy and safety of digoxin versus propranolol for prophylaxis of supraventricular tachycardia in infants. | journal = Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol | volume = 5 | issue = 5 | pages = 984-91 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.972620 | PMID = 22962431 }}</ref>
0.01 mg/kg orally 3 times daily for the first 2 doses, then 0.0035 mg/kg 3 times daily<ref name="Pfammatter-1998">{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pfammatter | first1 = JP. | last2 = Stocker | first2 = FP. | title = Re-entrant supraventricular tachycardia in infancy: current role of prophylactic digoxin treatment. | journal = Eur J Pediatr | volume = 157 | issue = 2 | pages = 101-6 | month = Feb | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9504781 }}</ref><ref name="Sanatani-2012">{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sanatani | first1 = S. | last2 = Potts | first2 = JE. | last3 = Reed | first3 = JH. | last4 = Saul | first4 = JP. | last5 = Stephenson | first5 = EA. | last6 = Gibbs | first6 = KA. | last7 = Anderson | first7 = CC. | last8 = Mackie | first8 = AS. | last9 = Ro | first9 = PS. | title = The study of antiarrhythmic medications in infancy (SAMIS): a multicenter, randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy and safety of digoxin versus propranolol for prophylaxis of supraventricular tachycardia in infants. | journal = Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol | volume = 5 | issue = 5 | pages = 984-91 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.972620 | PMID = 22962431 }}</ref>
===Fetal tachycardia - Supraventricular tachycardia===
====Fetal tachycardia - Supraventricular tachycardia====
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Revision as of 15:35, 20 March 2014

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Loading dose:

5-10 years old 20-45 mcg/kg Administer half the total loading dose initially,

then ¼ the loading dose every 6 to 8 hours twice.

>10 year old 10-15 mcg/kg Administer half the total loading dose initially, then ¼ the loading dose every 6 to 8 hours twice.

Maintenence dose:

Less than 10 years 3.2-6.4 mcg/kg/dose twice a day.

More than 10 years 3.4-5.1 mcg/kg/day

Off-Label Use (Pediatric)

Supraventricular tachycardia, Recurrent; Prophylaxis

0.01 mg/kg orally 3 times daily for the first 2 doses, then 0.0035 mg/kg 3 times daily[1][2]

Fetal tachycardia - Supraventricular tachycardia

References

  1. Pfammatter, JP.; Stocker, FP. (1998). "Re-entrant supraventricular tachycardia in infancy: current role of prophylactic digoxin treatment". Eur J Pediatr. 157 (2): 101–6. PMID 9504781. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Sanatani, S.; Potts, JE.; Reed, JH.; Saul, JP.; Stephenson, EA.; Gibbs, KA.; Anderson, CC.; Mackie, AS.; Ro, PS. (2012). "The study of antiarrhythmic medications in infancy (SAMIS): a multicenter, randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy and safety of digoxin versus propranolol for prophylaxis of supraventricular tachycardia in infants". Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 5 (5): 984–91. doi:10.1161/CIRCEP.112.972620. PMID 22962431. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)