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Loperamide and QT Prolongation #Clinical #EM #Cardiology #EKG #QT #Prolongation #QTProlongation #Loperamide #ALiEM
Loperamide and QT ... Prolongation #Clinical ... Cardiology #EKG #QT ... #Prolongation # ... QTProlongation #
Want to remember what drugs prolong the QT interval? Remember COLLAPSE - Kitty Canavan @KathrynCanavan1
#Diagnosis #Peds
drugs prolong the QT ... COLLAPSE #Mnemonic #QTc ... #Prolongation #
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
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 #
Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Orthostatic hypotension, QTC ... prolongation
TCA Overdose on EKG
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • QRS prolongation
 • QT prolongation
 • Rightward deviation
tachycardia • QRS prolongation ... • QT prolongation
QT/QTc- Interval
•	Start of Q-wave to end of the T-wave (time of ventricular depolarization + repolarization).
•	Life threatening
risk of prolonged QTc ... millisecond increase in QTc ... a patient with QTc ... Fridericia formula (QTc ... #QTInterval #QTc
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
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
Known to Prolong QTc ... pseudoephedrine #QTc ... #Prolongation #