Prevention of cardiac arrhythmias in pediatric patients with normotensive-hypokalemic tubulopathy
| Autor: | Pietro E. G. Foglia, Mario G. Bianchetti, Alberto Bettinelli, Cinzia Cortesi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry 610 Medicine & health Context (language use) medicine.disease Bartter syndrome QT interval Sudden death Hypokalemia Sudden cardiac death Tubulopathy Nephrology Internal medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health cardiovascular system medicine Cardiology Vomiting cardiovascular diseases medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Cortesi, Cinzia; Foglia, Pietro E. G.; Bettinelli, Alberto; Bianchetti, Mario G. (2003). Prevention of cardiac arrhythmias in pediatric patients with normotensive-hypokalemic tubulopathy. Pediatric nephrology, 18(8), pp. 729-730. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00467-003-1222-1 |
| DOI: | 10.7892/boris.117563 |
| Popis: | Potassium deficiency predisposes to cardiac arrhythmias culminating in syncope or sudden death. Because of the uncertainty related to the possible occurrence of such cardiac arrhythmias in the context of normotensive-hypokalemic tubulopathies, 19 European pediatric nephrologists with a large experience of normotensive-hypokalemic tubulopathies were asked to answer a questionnaire. The responses suggest that inherited normotensive-hypokalemic tubulopathies per se do not strongly predispose to dangerous cardiac arrhythmias. However, cardiac arrhythmias may be acutely precipitated by drugs that prolong the QT interval, by diarrhea, or vomiting, and perhaps even by physical activity. Finally, the likelihood of dangerous arrhythmias in normotensive-hypokalemic tubulopathy is currently unknown. |
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