title: A 49-year-old woman with multiple episodes of ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, and Torsades de Pointes, requiring 211 defibrillatory shocks.
authors.affiliation: University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, Ala 36617, USA. loripmoore@comcast.net
authors.forename: Lori Prewitt
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Janet Kaye
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Heins
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heins
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004554:Electric Countershock; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014218:Triage; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology*