| Literature DB >> 2036697 |
Y Adu-Gyamfi1, A Said, U M Chowdhary, A Abomelha, S K Sanyal.
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A four-year-old deaf girl with a history of convulsions developed polymorphous ventricular tachycardia during induction of anaesthesia. The arrhythmia reverted to sinus rhythm spontaneously. Post-anaesthetic ECG showed marked prolongation of the QTc interval (570-690 msec). Deafness and prolonged QTc interval in association with microcytic-hypochromic anaemia confirmed the diagnosis of the Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome. This case report highlights the potentially lethal complication of halothane anaesthesia in patients with long QTc interval syndrome.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 2036697 DOI： 10.1007/BF03007627
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can J Anaesth ISSN： 0832-610X Impact factor: 5.063