Does low-dose droperidol administration increase the risk of drug-induced QT prolongation and torsade de pointes in the general surgical population?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 531-536

  Nuttall, Gregory A ^a,d   Eckerman, Karen M ^c   Jacob, Kelly A ^c   Pawlaski, Erin M ^c   Wigersma, Susan K ^c   Marienau, Mary E Shirk ^c   Oliver, William C ^a   Narr, Bradly J ^a   Ackerman, Michael J ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Mayo School of Health Sciences   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; DIGOXIN; DROPERIDOL; HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM; ONDANSETRON; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SURGICAL WARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIEMETICS; DROPERIDOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TORSADES DE POINTES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34748849489     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000281893.39781.64     Document Type: Article

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