Author/Editor		Tomšič, M; Horvat, M
Title		Torsade de pointes associated with combined severe metabolic and respiratory alkalosis
Type		članek
Source		Clin Intensive Care
Vol. and No.		Letnik 2, št. 1
Publication year		1991
Volume		str. 47-9
Language		eng
Abstract		A 55-year-old woman developed a severe metabolic and respiratory alaklosis accompanied by a spectrum of ventricular rhythms including torsade de pointes and ventricular fibrillation. Normal sinus rhythm was restored, without pharmacological or electrical intervention when metabolic abnormalities were corrected. On a temporal basis, correction of alkalosis may have been more important in abolishing arrhythmias than correction of hypokalaemia alone. Hypomagnesaemia might be an additional reason for torsade de pointes though this was not measured.
Descriptors		TORSADES DE POINTES ALKALOSIS MIDDLE AGE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY ARRHYTHMIA VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION PYLORIC STENOSIS HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION HYPOKALEMIA