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Effects of esmolol on QTc interval changes during tracheal intubation: a systematic review

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Esmolol is an ultra-short-acting β(1) antagonist that has been shown to attenuate the corrected QT (QTc) interval prolongation associated with laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation (LTI). Prolongation of the QTc interval can precipitate arrhythmias, the most serious of whic...

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Autores principales: Thiruvenkatarajan, Venkatesan, Lee, Jenn Yuan, Sembu, Manesha, Watts, Richard, Van Wijk, Roelof Markus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6501987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31023764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028111