• Anaesth Intensive Care · May 2010

    Case Reports

    Torsade de pointes in a patient with acute prolonged QT syndrome and poorly controlled diabetes during sevoflurane anaesthesia.

    • V Thiruvenkatarajan, K D Osborn, R M A W Van Wijk, P Euler, R Sethi, S Moodie, and V Biradar.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia.
    • Anaesth Intensive Care. 2010 May 1;38(3):555-9.

    AbstractWe report a case of torsade de pointes secondary to acute QT interval prolongation in a patient with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus towards the end of a laparoscopic nephrectomy under sevoflurane anaesthesia. The patient was successfully resuscitated and made a complete recovery. Our case suggests that acute QT interval prolongation should be considered in any patient with poor glycaemic control during prolonged procedures.

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