A Hiccup in Hiccup Management: Cardiac Arrest from Previously Undiagnosed Congenital Long QT Syndrome

We report the case of a person who went into cardiac arrest after being given chlorpromazine for hiccups and was subsequently diagnosed with congenital Long QT Syndrome. Long QT Syndrome is an uncommon, congenital condition that carries a high risk of sudden cardiac death. Clinicians need to recogni...

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Autores principales: Hughes, Robert, Sheele, Johnathan M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30405918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5023954
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description We report the case of a person who went into cardiac arrest after being given chlorpromazine for hiccups and was subsequently diagnosed with congenital Long QT Syndrome. Long QT Syndrome is an uncommon, congenital condition that carries a high risk of sudden cardiac death. Clinicians need to recognize the risk that chlorpromazine may prolong the QTc and prepare to manage potential complications.
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spelling pubmed-61998862018-11-07 A Hiccup in Hiccup Management: Cardiac Arrest from Previously Undiagnosed Congenital Long QT Syndrome Hughes, Robert Sheele, Johnathan M. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report We report the case of a person who went into cardiac arrest after being given chlorpromazine for hiccups and was subsequently diagnosed with congenital Long QT Syndrome. Long QT Syndrome is an uncommon, congenital condition that carries a high risk of sudden cardiac death. Clinicians need to recognize the risk that chlorpromazine may prolong the QTc and prepare to manage potential complications. Hindawi 2018-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6199886/ /pubmed/30405918 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5023954 Text en Copyright © 2018 Robert Hughes and Johnathan M. Sheele. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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A Hiccup in Hiccup Management: Cardiac Arrest from Previously Undiagnosed Congenital Long QT Syndrome
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title_full A Hiccup in Hiccup Management: Cardiac Arrest from Previously Undiagnosed Congenital Long QT Syndrome
title_fullStr A Hiccup in Hiccup Management: Cardiac Arrest from Previously Undiagnosed Congenital Long QT Syndrome
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title_short A Hiccup in Hiccup Management: Cardiac Arrest from Previously Undiagnosed Congenital Long QT Syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199886/
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