Warning to "refeeding syndrome". Torsades de pointes and ventricular tachyarrhythmia with marked QT prolongation induced by acute glucose injection: Report of two cases

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-224

  Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Doi, Tetsuya ^a   Beppu, Koki ^a   Sasaki, Yoshio ^a   Takeda, Shinichi ^a   Watanabe, Chiaki ^a   Shirasaka, Akihiro ^a   Kakio, Tadashi ^a   Hashimoto, Tetsuo ^a   Kawai, Chuichi ^a   Kida, Yoshitomi ^a   Nishina, Naoto ^a   Esato, Masahiro ^a  

^a Ijinkai Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Hypoglycemia; Intravenous glucose injection; Refeeding syndrome; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LETHARGY; LETTER; LOADING TEST; NOSE FEEDING; NUTRITION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; REFEEDING SYNDROME; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 84858293647     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.044     Document Type: Article

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