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PDFEmergency casebook
Management of persistent wide QRS in flecainide overdose with magnesium sulphate
Abstract
Magnesium sulphate was added to conventional medical therapy in the treatment of persistent severe hypotension and wide QRS complex tachyarrhythmia in an 18-year-old woman presenting with a 1200 mg flecainide overdose. Blood pressure was restored with associated resolution of the electrocardiogram abnormalities.
- arrhythmia
- cardiac care
- electrocardiogram
- flecainide
- hypotension
- magnesium sulphate
- management
- mental health
- overdose
- treatment