Notes from Dr. RW
Hospitalist resources and more.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
FDA clarifies the mechanism of cardiovascular death associated with azithromycin
It can
prolong the QT and lead to Torsades
. The original report linking it to cardiovascular death was in
NEJM last year
.
We can add it to the list of antibiotics capable of doing this.
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