Perioperative torsade de pointes: A systematic review of published case reports

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-564

  Johnston, Joshua ^a   Pal, Swatilika ^a   Nagele, Peter ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLECAINIDE; HALOPERIDOL; HALOTHANE; ISOPRENALINE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM; MANNITOL; PAPAVERINE; POTASSIUM; PROCAINAMIDE; SEVOFLURANE; SOTALOL; TACROLIMUS;

BRADYCARDIA; CRANIOTOMY; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; META ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TORSADES DE POINTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883742706     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318290c380     Document Type: Review

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