Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia/Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day

Normal Newborn Echocardiograph – The normal newborn electrocardiograph demonstrates a preponderance of right-sided forces as evidenced by a QRS axis greater than 90 degrees, and decreasing R wave size from right to left in the precordial leads. T waves are normally inverted in lead AVR and the right-sided precordial leads. ECG courtesy of Dr. Akash Patel.