title: Cinacalcet-associated severe hypocalcemia resulting in torsades de pointes and cardiac arrest: a case for caution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Osler Medical Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Tessa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Novick
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Blaithin A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.|Nephrology Center of Maryland, 5601 Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore, 21239, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berliner
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.|Nephrology Center of Maryland, 5601 Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore, 21239, MD, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.|Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Bernard G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Jaar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057966:Calcimimetic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000069449:Cinacalcet / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D057966:Calcimimetic Agents; D000069449:Cinacalcet