Prolonged Q-T interval following astemizole overdose.
Open Access
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Emergency Medicine Journal
- Vol. 6 (1) , 63-65
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.6.1.63
Abstract
Astemizole overdose has been reported to cause torsades-de-pointes and in the present case it caused prolongation of the Q-T interval. Astemizole overdoses should be managed in a similar way to overdose with other cardiotoxic drugs.Keywords
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