The FDA extended warning for intravenous haloperidol and torsades de pointes: How should institutions respond?

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Meyer Massetti, Carla ^a   Cheng, Christine M ^a   Sharpe, Bradley A ^b   Meier, Christoph R ^c   Guglielmo, B Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Antipsychotics; Cardiac adverse events; Haloperidol; QT prolongation; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORSADES DE POINTES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950934586     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.691     Document Type: Review

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