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INCIDENCE OF HIGH GRADE QTCF PROLONGATION AND ITS MANAGEMENT AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS (DR-TB): CASE SERIES. [PDF]

, 2021
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the use of two new drugs, namely Bedaquiline (Bdq) and Delamanid (Dlm), for treatment of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB).
Asfaw, Meseret T., Holtzman, David L., Kwan, Gene F., Mitnick, Carole D., Oyewusi, Lawrence T., Seung, Kwonjune J   +5 more
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Prevalence of QTc interval prolongation and its associated risk factors among psychiatric patients: a prospective observational study

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background QT interval prolongation is a growing concern worldwide, posing psychiatric patients to life-threatening fatal arrhythmias i.e., torsade de pointes.
Zahid Ali, Mohammad Ismail, Zahid Nazar, Fahadullah Khan, Qasim Khan, Sidra Noor   +5 more
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Effect of QT interval-prolonging drugs taken in pregnancy on the neonatal QT interval

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Introduction: Acquired QT interval prolongations due to drug side effects can result in detrimental arrhythmia. Maternal use of placenta-permeable drugs may lead to fetal exposure, thus leading to an increased risk of neonatal QT prolongation and ...
Holger Michel, Antonia Potapow, Markus-Johann Dechant, Susanne Brandstetter, Susanne Brandstetter, Sven Wellmann, Angela Köninger, Michael Melter, Michael Melter, Christian Apfelbacher, Michael Kabesch, Michael Kabesch, Stephan Gerling, the KUNO-Kids study group   +13 more
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Methadone and Corrected QT Prolongation in Pain and Palliative Care Patients: A Case–Control Study [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Methadone (ME) is commonly used in pain and palliative care (PPC) patients with refractory pain or intolerable opioid adverse effects (AEs).
Brown, Jack, Hutchinson, David, Juba, Katherine, Khadem, Tina M.   +3 more
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QT Interval Revisited —Not Just the Matter of “Interval,” but “Dynamics, Variability and Morphology” Matter!—

Journal of Arrhythmia, 2007
Recently, the effects of QT interval prolongation have received more attention among clinicians, industry, and official regulatory agencies. Some have advocated the total elimination or discontinuing development of drugs which prolong the QT interval. In
Tetsunori Saikawa, MD, Mikiko Nakagawa, MD, Naohiko Takahashi, MD   +2 more
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QTc interval prolongation in the patients with primary biliary cholangitis

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology, 2022
Background The QT interval prolongation was associated with fatal arrhythmias and cardiac death. However, there were not adequate data to clarify the situation of QT interval prolongation in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients.
Zihao Wang, Rongkai Qian, Yanhua Wang, Lingfei Mo, Bomiao Ju, Nan Hu, Pei Wang, Lan He, Jing Wang   +8 more
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QT Interval Changes in Moderate and Severe Brain Injuries [PDF]

, 2012
Backgrounds: Traumatic brain injuries are common mortality causes in many countries. Electrocardiogram (ECG) changes after brain injuries are known, and among them alteration of QT interval is common.
Abbasi Fard, Salman., Abrishamkar, Saied., Irii, Abdol_Razagh., Momeni, Ali., Rohanizadegan, Mersedeh.   +4 more
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Transient Long QT Development in a Patient with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies, 2016
QT interval prolongation on the electrocardiogram is considered a precursory sign for imminent, potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias. Beside the inherited condition of long QT syndrome, numerous drugs, certain electrolyte disturbances and early ...
Czuriga Dániel, Szegedi Andrea, Győry Ferenc, Szilágyi Attila, Sipka Sándor, Kertész Attila, Fülöp László, Czuriga István, Péter Andrea, Édes István, Bódi Annamária   +10 more
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Sensitivity of inhalation anesthetics isoflurane and sevoflurane for the drug-induced QT-interval prolongation in guinea pigs

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2020
We investigated effects of isoflurane and sevoflurane on sparfloxacin-induced QT-interval prolongation in guinea pigs under the monitoring of electrocardiogram and monophasic action potential (MAP), which was compared with those of halothane or non ...
Yoshinobu Nagasawa, Kaori Sakai, Rui Kurimoto, Satoshi Kawakami, Megumi Aimoto, Akira Takahara   +5 more
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Drug-Induced QT Interval Prolongation

International Journal of Biomedical Research & Practice, 2021
The correct measurement of the QT interval (using the QT correction formulas, preferably Fridericia and Framingham) as well as a correct interpretation of the causes and of the clinical consequences of a QT prolongation is very important in clinical ...
Domina Petric
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