Health care administrative data are generated at every encounter with the health care
system, whether through a visit to a physician's office, a diagnostic procedure, an admission …

TORSADES DE pointes (TdP or “twisting of the points”) is a rare but potentially fatal
polymorphic ventricular tachycardia characterized by rapid, wide QRS complexes of …

Perfect organization of the whole process is a prerequisite for successful paediatric
outpatient anaesthesia. In addition, the skilled practitioner is able to provide a smooth …

This simulation study was designed to predict the torsadogenicity of sevoflurane and
propofol in healthy control, as well as type 1 and type 2 long QT syndrome (LQT1 and LQT2 …

It is essential to be aware of the drugs that increase the QT interval in LQTS and are more
likely to provoke torsades de pointes. It is imperative that b-blockers are continued in …

Background Congenital LQTS is an inherited cardiac channelopathy resulting in abnormal
repolarization of the cardiac myocytes, resulting in a propensity for the development of …

Identifying and treating pediatric arrhythmias is essential for pediatric anesthesiologists.
Pediatric patients can present with narrow or wide complex tachycardias, though the former …

Zusammenfassung Das Risiko ist bei Kindernarkosen deutlich höher als bei der Anästhesie
von Erwachsenen. Um im klinischen Alltag die richtigen Entscheidungen treffen zu können …

The slowly and rapidly activating delayed rectifier K+ channels (I Ks and I Kr, respectively)
contribute to the repolarization of ventricular action potential in human heart and thereby …

Gitelman syndrome is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder that impairs the function of
thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporters in the distal convoluted tubule of the …