II. Indications
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (e.g. PSVT)
III. Precautions
- Do not perform Retinal massage for Vagal Maneuver
- Do not delay definitive management (e.g. electrical cardioversion) in unstable SVT
IV. Techniques
- Carotid massage
- See Carotid Sinus Massage
- Perform only on one side
- Ice placed on face
- Avoid covering nose or mouth
- Leave ice in place for 15 seconds and then remove
- Other techniques
- Blow into device
- Bear down (as if trying to a pass a Bowel Movement)
- Child held upside down (toddlers, home management)
- Valsalva Maneuver (especially with lying supine with passive leg raise)
- Patient starts seated and blows into a manometer attempting to sustain 40 mmHg for 15 seconds
- Then immediately layed supine and passive leg raise
- Appelboam (2015) Lancet 384(10005):1747-53 +PMID:26314489 [PubMed]
V. Protocol: Approach
- May repeat Vagal Maneuver 2-3 times for 15 seconds per attempt with 30 seconds between maneuvers
- Do not delay definitive management in unstable patients
VI. References
- Claudius, Behar and Bar-Cohen in Herbert (2014) EM:Rap 14(5): 7-8
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| ICD10 | R00.1 |
| SnomedCT | 123330009, 29894000 |
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| Spanish | bradicardia vagal - RETIRADO -, bradicardia vagal - RETIRADO - (concepto no activo), bradicardia autonómica vagal (trastorno), bradicardia autonómica vagal, bradicardia vagal |
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| Concepts | Diagnostic Procedure (T060) |
| SnomedCT | 128968000 |
| Spanish | prueba de provocación con estimulación vagal, estimulación vagal, prueba de provocación con estimulación vagal (procedimiento) |
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