Can methadone prolong the QT interval? [2]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1690-1691

  Decerf, J A ^a   Gressens, B ^a   Brohet, C ^a   Liolios, A ^a   Hantson, P ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; FLUOXETINE; METHADONE; OLANZAPINE; PROPOFOL; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SINUS BRADYCARDIA;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; METHADONE;

EID: 4143118834     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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