Torsade de pointes in a patient with acute prolonged QT syndrome and poorly controlled diabetes during sevoflurane anaesthesia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 555-559

  Thiruvenkatarajan, V ^a   Osborn, K D ^a   Van Wijk, R M A W ^a   Euler, P ^a,b   Sethi, R ^a   Moodie, S ^a   Biradar, V ^a,b   Venkatesan, T ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Anaesthetics ^*

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; QT interval; Sevoflurane; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; AMOXICILLIN; FENTANYL; GENTAMICIN; HUMAN INSULIN; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; QT PROLONGATION; RESUSCITATION; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 77952983596     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800323     Document Type: Article

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