Risperidone, QTc interval prolongation, and torsade de pointes: A systematic review of case reports

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 228, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-524

  Vieweg, W Victor R ^a,g   Hasnain, Mehrul ^c   Hancox, Jules C ^d   Baranchuk, Adrian ^e   Digby, Geneviève C ^e   Kogut, Christopher ^a   Crouse, Ericka L Breden ^b   Koneru, Jayanthi N ^a,b   Deshmukh, Anand ^f   Pandurangi, Ananda K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug induced QTc interval prolongation; Risk factors; Risperidone; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BIPERIDEN; CITALOPRAM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; POTASSIUM; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE;

AGE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFUSION; CYSTITIS; DEATH; DELUSION; DELUSIONAL DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG RECHALLENGE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOKALEMIA; LETHARGY; LIVER FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORNING DOSAGE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONGUE DISEASE; TORSADE DES POINTES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RISPERIDONE; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 84881242664     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3192-8     Document Type: Review

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