Open AccessPerioperative Torsade de Pointes
Author(s) -
Joshua Johnston,
Swatilika Pal,
Peter Nägele
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e318290c380
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , qt interval , anesthesia , confidence interval , bradycardia , hypokalemia , complication , cardiology , surgery , heart rate , blood pressure
Torsade de pointes is a rare but potentially fatal arrhythmia. More than 40 cases of perioperative torsade de pointes have been reported in the literature; however, the current evidence regarding this complication is very limited. To improve our understanding, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of all published case reports of perioperative torsade de pointes.