Torsades de pointes associated with intravenous haloperidol in critically ill patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 238-240

  Sharma, Nagaraja D ^b   Rosman, Howard S ^a   Padhi, I Desmond ^b   Tisdale, James E ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SEDATION; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0032518968     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00888-6     Document Type: Article

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