Cardiac arrhythmias (%) in 351 patients with yellow oleander poisoning who were admitted to a secondary hospital in Sri Lanka or transferred from the north of the island to the tertiary centre in Colombo
| Cardiac rhythm | 2° Hospital (n=118) | 3° Centre (n=233) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinus rhythm | 43 | 40 | |||
| Sinus bradycardia | 19 | 14 | |||
| Sinus arrest or exit block | 16 | 16 | |||
| Atrial fibrillation | 1 | 0.5 | |||
| Atrial flutter | 0 | 1 | |||
| Junctional rhythm | 2 | 1 | |||
| Junctional bradycardia | 0 | 1 | |||
| Junctional rhythm with block | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| Supraventricular tachycardia | 3 | 6 | |||
| 1st degree AV block | 3 | 6 | |||
| 2nd degree AV block | 13 | 13 | |||
| 3rd degree AV block | 7 | 8 | |||
| Bundle branch block | 1 | 0.5 | |||
| Ventricular ectopics | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ventricular tachycardia | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ventricular fibrillation | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| Not recorded | 6 | 2 | |||
2°, secondary; 3°, tertiary referral centre.