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Probable Hypocalcemia Induced Ventricular Fibrillation and Torsades de Pointes following Blood Product Administration
A 35-year-old male underwent open-heart surgery and required multiple blood product transfusions. Citrate, a preservative in blood products, caused serum ionized calcium chelation leading to hypocalcemia, a prolonged corrected QT (QTc) interval, and separate episodes of ventricular fibrillation and...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6389027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30820384 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3765 |