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Prehospital Emergency Care Volume 27, 2023 - Issue 1
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Non-Sustained Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Modified Valsalva in a Pregnant Patient with Supraventricular Tachycardia

Corey Lapalmea Paramedic Operations, Peel Regional Paramedic Services, Brampton, Ontario, Canada;b Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sean Kawa Paramedic Operations, Peel Regional Paramedic Services, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Ian Drennanb Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;c Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;d Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8033-4382
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Sheldon Cheskesb Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;d Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;e Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7835-3074
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Pages 54-58 | Received 13 Aug 2021, Accepted 24 Oct 2021, Published online: 22 Dec 2021
 
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Abstract

The modified Valsalva maneuver has been promoted as a safe and effective method for the treatment of supraventricular tachycardia. Serious adverse events associated with the modified Valsalva maneuver are not well documented. Here we report a case of non-sustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a pregnant patient associated with the use of the modified Valsalva maneuver by paramedics in the prehospital setting.

Disclosure Statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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