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Algorithm for Prescribing QTC-prolonging Medications

#QTC #prolonging #Medications #Algorithm #Prescribing #management #Torsades #RiskFactors #Prolongation
for Prescribing QTC-prolonging ... Medications #QTC ... #RiskFactors #Prolongation
Medications that can cause QTc prolongation

#qtcprolongation #cardiology #medications #pharmacology #riskfactors #review #mnemonic
that can cause QTc ... prolongation
Want to remember what drugs prolong the QT interval? Remember COLLAPSE - Kitty Canavan @KathrynCanavan1
#Diagnosis #Peds
drugs prolong the QT ... COLLAPSE #Mnemonic #QTc ... #Prolongation #
QTc Flow chart to minimize TdP in COVID-19 inpatients on Chloroquine/Azithromycin

Flow chart to manage effects on
QTc Flow chart to ... manage effects on QTc ... milliseconds; LQTS: long QT ... #COVID19 #QTC ... #Prolongation #
QTc Prolongation - Medications and Conditions that Prolong QT: From "A to N"
A - Anti-A-rrhythmics
B -
QTc Prolongation ... Conditions that Prolong QT ... #QTc #Prolongation ... diagnosis #table #QT
Drug-Induced Prolonged QTc

QTc >500ms is an independent risk factor for developing Torsades des Pointes (TdP)
Drugs causing
Drug-Induced Prolonged QTc ... QTc >500ms is ... Drugs causing QTc ... prolongation: ... Pharmacology #Diagnosis #prolongation
QT / QTc Interval Measurement in Wide QRS Complex
 - A wide QRS complex will lead
QT / QTc Interval ... increase in the QT ... consequence as prolongation ... of the QTC. ... #QTc #Interval
Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Orthostatic hypotension, QTC ... prolongation
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
Known to Prolong QTc ... pseudoephedrine #QTc ... #Prolongation #
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
Congenital Long QT ... - QT prolonging ... channel mutations w/prolongation ... abnormalities - Avoid QTc ... post-arrest or very long QTc