title: [Perioperative monitoring of the QT interval].
abstract: The feasibility of routine perioperative monitoring of the QT interval is demonstrated for the first time in two patients suffering from acquired long QT syndrome. These cases demonstrate that automatic perioperative monitoring of the QT interval is simple and easy to achieve. Besides sufficient premedication, normalized electrolytes, a calm and quiet atmosphere, avoiding QT prolonging drugs and the possibility of immediate defibrillation, monitoring of the QT interval should be considered in the perioperative treatment of these cardiac risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Klinikum Bogenhausen, Städtische Kliniken München GmbH, Englschalkinger Str. 77, 81925 München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pfizenmayer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Friederich
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D019990:Perioperative Care; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000601:surgery
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