Ondansetron induced torsades de pointes

Eshan Patel; Danielle Rosemond; Ashwad Afzal

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2251

Clinical Case Reports (Aug 2019)

Ondansetron induced torsades de pointes

Eshan Patel,
Danielle Rosemond,
Ashwad Afzal

Affiliations

Eshan Patel: Department of Medicine, NewYork‐Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Affiliate of Weill Medical College of Cornell University Brooklyn New York
Danielle Rosemond: Department of Medicine, NewYork‐Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Affiliate of Weill Medical College of Cornell University Brooklyn New York
Ashwad Afzal: Department of Medicine, NewYork‐Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Affiliate of Weill Medical College of Cornell University Brooklyn New York

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2251
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 8
pp. 1557 – 1558

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Abstract A single dose of oral Ondansetron can precipitate torsades de pointes and other arrhythmias in patients with risk factors that may prolong QTc interval.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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