Complete atrioventricular block and cardiac arrest following intravenous famotidine administration

Anesthesiology. 1999 Feb;90(2):623-6. doi: 10.1097/00000542-199902000-00040.

Authors

P K Schoenwald¹, J Sprung, B Abdelmalak, B Mraović, J E Tetzlaff, H S Gurm

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.

PMID: 9952172
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199902000-00040

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Ulcer Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Ulcer Agents / adverse effects*
Famotidine / administration & dosage
Famotidine / adverse effects*
Heart Arrest / etiology*
Heart Block / etiology*
Histamine H2 Antagonists / administration & dosage
Histamine H2 Antagonists / adverse effects*
Humans
Injections, Intravenous
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications*

Substances

Anti-Ulcer Agents
Histamine H2 Antagonists
Famotidine