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QTc prolongation in hospitalized pediatric patients receiving methadone

OBJECTIVE: Methadone is often used in pediatric patients to prevent or treat opioid withdrawal after prolonged sedation. Prolonged QTc is an important adverse effect of methadone because it can progress to torsades de pointes (TdP), a potentially fatal dysrhythmia. The incidence of QTc prolongation...

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Publié dans:Pediatr Crit Care Med
Auteurs principaux: Schwinghammer, Amy J., Wilson, Machelle D., Hall, Brent A.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2018
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6086758/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29894447
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000001601
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