1. Torsades de pointes associated with antimicrobial therapy for pneumonia
- Author
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Lindsay, Jr., Joseph, Smith, Margo A., and Light, Jimmy A.
- Subjects
Bacterial pneumonia -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects -- Diagnosis -- Physiological aspects ,Torsade de pointes -- Diagnosis -- Complications and side effects -- Drug therapy -- Physiological aspects ,Ventricular tachycardia -- Physiological aspects -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects -- Diagnosis ,Anti-infective agents -- Complications and side effects -- Physiological aspects ,Pneumonia -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects -- Diagnosis -- Physiological aspects ,Health ,Diagnosis ,Drug therapy ,Physiological aspects ,Complications and side effects - Abstract
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia associated with marked prolongation of the QT-U interval is increasingly recognized as an adverse response to a variety of medications and metabolic derangements.[1] Because in many instances [...]
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- 1990