Torsade de pointes during sevoflurane anesthesia and fluconazole infusion in a patient with long QT syndrome. A case report

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-108

  Tacken, M C T ^a,b   Bracke, F A L E ^a   Van Zundert, André A J ^a,b,c  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Long QT syndrome; Sevoflurane; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PIPERACILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; TAZOBACTAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LONG QT SYNDROME; OVIDUCT; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; METHYL ETHERS; SACRUM; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 80052796056     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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