Electrocardiogram Changes with Acute Alcohol Intoxication: A Systematic Review.
Open Cardiovasc Med J
; 12: 1-6, 2018.
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| ID: mdl-29541259
BACKGROUND: Acute alcohol intoxication has been associated with cardiac arrhythmias but the electrocardiogram (ECG) changes associated with acute alcohol intoxication are not well defined in the literature. OBJECTIVE: Highlight the best evidence regarding the ECG changes associated with acute alcohol intoxication in otherwise healthy patients and the pathophysiology of the changes. METHODS: A literature search was carried out; 4 studies relating to ECG changes with acute alcohol intoxication were included in this review. RESULTS: Of the total 141 patients included in the review, 90 (63.8%) patients had P-wave prolongation, 80 (56%) patients had QTc prolongation, 19 (13.5%) patients developed T-wave abnormalities, 10 (7%) patients had QRS complex prolongation, 3 (2.12%) patients developed ST-segment depressions. CONCLUSION: The most common ECG changes associated with acute alcohol intoxication are (in decreasing order of frequency) P-wave and QTc prolongation, followed by T-wave abnormalities and QRS complex prolongation. Mostly, these changes are completely reversible.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Systematic_reviews
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En
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Open Cardiovasc Med J
Año:
2018
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Emiratos Árabes Unidos