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~ I O N :
acquired
hereditary
characteristic
type
forms,
of
both of which
life-threatening
are
associated
polymorphic
with
ventricular
Haloperidol, Phenothiazines,
PATIenTS AND ~
(105 men;
88 women),
aged more than 12 years old admitted to Intensive Care Unit in 1995
with
several
pathologies.
Function Monitoring
Company).
All
System
Electocardiogram
patients
from
were monitored
by a Multi-
(Fukuda Denshi
The QT
interval were corrected for heart rate (QTc) using the Bazett formula:
inte
The upper limit of QTc were 0.424 sec for men and 0.440 sec for women.
~TS:
(59.59%)
above the normal limit and seventy-eight (40.41%) had normal values.
The
abnormal
QTc
group
had
102
survivors
and
13
non-survivors
(11.30%).
(7.69%).
not
group of patients.
significant
different
comparing