title: Management of ventricular dysrhythmia secondary to trazodone overdose.
abstract: Torsades de pointes (TdP), a life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmia, was recorded in a 30-year-old woman who had taken a deliberate overdose of trazodone. The patient was successfully defibrillated to normal sinus rhythm and given intravenous magnesium sulfate according to Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support guidelines. The patient was discharged and experienced no further complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kun-Jung
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Yu-Chin Lily
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ber-Ming
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Supernaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000188:drug therapy; D004554:Electric Countershock; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000506:poisoning*; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014196:Trazodone / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D014196:Trazodone