QT prolongation and development of torsades de pointes with the concomitant administration of oral erythromycin base and quinidine

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 626-630

  Lin, Jennifer C ^a   Quasny, Holly A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFPODOXIME; CEFUROXIME; DIGOXIN; DOPAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS TRIAMTERENE; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; MEZLOCILLIN; QUINIDINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG CLEARANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PNEUMONIA; QUINIDINE; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0030914966     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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