An antibiotic recipe for an arrhythmic disaster

We describe the case of a patient who developed torsade de pointes during temporary pacemaker insertion after administration of intravenous erythromycin. The case highlights the dangers of administering drugs that prolong the QT interval in patients with complete atrioventricular block, and we discu...

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Autores principales: McCutcheon, Keir, Manga, Pravin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26592910
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2015-006
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description We describe the case of a patient who developed torsade de pointes during temporary pacemaker insertion after administration of intravenous erythromycin. The case highlights the dangers of administering drugs that prolong the QT interval in patients with complete atrioventricular block, and we discuss the underlying pathophysiological recipe that can lead to a potential arrhythmic disaster.
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spelling pubmed-47634632016-03-07 An antibiotic recipe for an arrhythmic disaster McCutcheon, Keir Manga, Pravin Cardiovasc J Afr Case Report We describe the case of a patient who developed torsade de pointes during temporary pacemaker insertion after administration of intravenous erythromycin. The case highlights the dangers of administering drugs that prolong the QT interval in patients with complete atrioventricular block, and we discuss the underlying pathophysiological recipe that can lead to a potential arrhythmic disaster. Clinics Cardive Publishing 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4763463/ /pubmed/26592910 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2015-006 Text en Copyright © 2010 Clinics Cardive Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763463/
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