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A Case of Ventricular Tachycardia after Chloral Hydrate Ingestion
Hye Kyung Lee, Yoon Seop Jeong
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2000;43(10):1390-1394.   Published online October 15, 2000
Chloral hydrate is widely used as a sedative or hypnotic, especially in pediatric patients, but cardiac arrhythmia following chloral hydrate administration has rarely been reported in literature up to date. The most common cardiac arrhythmia is ventricular extrasystole. We describe a 17- year-old Down syndrome patient who developed a life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia developed after chloral hydrate administration of 100mg/kg body...