Atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report
Cardiac disturbances are relatively common and electrocardiographic abnormalities may be found in more than 70% of patients with leptospirosis. We report the case of a 68 year-old male with severe leptospirosis who developed atrial flutter. Effective treatment was done with amiodarone. The patient b...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:439e6d91069b46888bcb74206d4ea2e1 2023-05-15T14:58:20+02:00 Atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report Francisco Theogenes Macêdo Silva Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior André Nunes Benevides Elizabeth De Francesco Daher 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/439e6d91069b46888bcb74206d4ea2e1 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200246 https://doaj.org/toc/0037-8682 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 0037-8682 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/439e6d91069b46888bcb74206d4ea2e1 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 46, Iss 2, Pp 246-248 (2013) Leptospirosis Weil syndrome Arrhythmia Atrial flutter Electrocardiogram Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2013 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T21:39:41Z Cardiac disturbances are relatively common and electrocardiographic abnormalities may be found in more than 70% of patients with leptospirosis. We report the case of a 68 year-old male with severe leptospirosis who developed atrial flutter. Effective treatment was done with amiodarone. The patient became clinical stable, with complete recovery. Rigorous clinical observation and continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring may facilitate the identification of rhythm disorders, and thus prevent a probable fatal outcome, in severe cases of leptospirosis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Cardiac disturbances are relatively common and electrocardiographic abnormalities may be found in more than 70% of patients with leptospirosis. We report the case of a 68 year-old male with severe leptospirosis who developed atrial flutter. Effective treatment was done with amiodarone. The patient became clinical stable, with complete recovery. Rigorous clinical observation and continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring may facilitate the identification of rhythm disorders, and thus prevent a probable fatal outcome, in severe cases of leptospirosis. |
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Francisco Theogenes Macêdo Silva Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior André Nunes Benevides Elizabeth De Francesco Daher |
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Francisco Theogenes Macêdo Silva Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior André Nunes Benevides Elizabeth De Francesco Daher |
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Atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report |
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Atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report |
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Atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report |
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Atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report |
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Atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report |
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atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report |
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