Cardiac Complications in the Intensive Care Unit

Adverse drug reactions in hospitalized cardiac patients: Characteristics and risk factors

“…Furthermore, there are significant differences between stimulated versus non-stimulated reporting systems, as well as between manual and electronic active monitoring systems 12 . Prospective collection of ADRs, in contrast to retrospective data collection (which rely on chart review), has many advantages, mostly due to, most often, daily visits by a trained health care professionals on selected departments, over a restricted time period, in order to obtain records of all patients and suspected events [13][14][15] .…”

Pharmacovigilance as an imperative of modern medicine - experience from Montenegro

“…Furthermore, there are significant differences between stimulated versus non-stimulated reporting systems, as well as between manual and electronic active monitoring systems 32 . Prospective collection of ADRs has many advantages over retrospective data collection (which rely on chart review) mostly due to most often daily visits by trained healthcare professionals on selected departments, over a restricted time period, in order to obtain records of all patients and suspected events [33][34][35] .…”

Reversible Myoglobinuric Renal Failure Following Rhabdomyolysis as a Rare Complication of Cardioversion

“…The major complications of direct current (DC) cardioversion and defibrillation are systemic thromboembolism and arrhythmias like periods of sinus arrest, ventricular tachycardia (VT), and fibrillation (VF) 1 . Additional problems include chest wall burns, unexplained hypotension, and postcardioversion pulmonary edema 2 . This report presents a rare complication of cardioversion, reversible myoglobinuric renal failure following rhabdomyolysis, and discusses the clinical approach to its diagnosis.…”

“…1 Additional problems include chest wall burns, unexplained hypotension, and postcardioversion pulmonary edema. 2 This report presents a rare complication of cardioversion, reversible myoglobinuric renal failure following rhabdomyolysis, and discusses the clinical approach to its diagnosis.…”