| Large blood transfusion as a rare cause of ventricular fibrillation. | |
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PMID: 21606716 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Large blood transfusions are common in clinical practice. Though several complications have been described with this procedure, cardiac arrhythmias occur uncommonly in this setting. We describe a case of a previously healthy 17-year-old girl who developed wide-complex ventricular tachycardia rapidly culminating in a ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest several hours following an uneventful large-volume blood transfusion. Hypomagnesemia was detected on postcardiac arrest investigations. A review of this life-threatening complication and discussion on the ways to prevent it are presented. |
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Authors:
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Smita I Negi; Aashish Anand |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Southern medical journal Volume: 104 ISSN: 1541-8243 ISO Abbreviation: South. Med. J. Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-05-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404522 Medline TA: South Med J Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 351-2 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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From the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. |
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