Risk screening for long QT prior to prescribing levofloxacin

Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Sep;32(9):1153.e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.02.032. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

Authors

Li-Heng Tsai¹, Yi-Ming Weng², Chi-Chun Lin¹, Chan-Wei Kuo¹, Jih-Chang Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Linko, Taiwan.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Linko, Taiwan. Electronic address: wengym33@gmail.com.

PMID: 24666739
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.02.032

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Contraindications
Electrocardiography
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Humans
Levofloxacin / adverse effects*
Long QT Syndrome / complications*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy
Risk Factors
Torsades de Pointes / chemically induced

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Levofloxacin