Abstract

MAMANI MAMANI, Clemente Eloy. Cardiorespiratory arrest presumably secondary to ondansetron administration in patient with electrolyte disorders. Gac Med Bol [online]. 2022, vol.45, n.2, pp.182-184.  Epub Dec 01, 2022. ISSN 1012-2966.  https://doi.org/10.47993/gmb.v45i2.540.

Ondansetron belongs to a class of medications called 5HT3 receptor antagonists with antiemetic use indicated for the control of nausea induced by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. This medication has been associated with very few serious side effects. Currently, Ondansetron has been linked to cases of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. This case is of a 67-year-old male patient treated in the emergency department for a chronic hypokalemia, treated with fluid therapy, ranitidine, amlodipine, and ondansetron in a time of 20 minutes, after the administration of the latter, he presented with sudden death.

Keywords : electrocardiography; hypokalemia; ondansetron.

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