Azithromycin-induced torsade de pointes

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1579-1582

  Huang, Bien Hsien ^a   Wu, Chi Hua ^a   Hsia, Chih Ping ^a   Yin Chen, Chung ^a,b  

^a KUANG TIEN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Long QT syndrome; Macrolides; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PENICILLIN G; SULBACTAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MONITORING; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORSADE DES POINTES; VENTILATOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 36649018744     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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