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Study design: Case Report. Population: Brugada syndrome (n=1). Intervention: Fever. Primary outcome: Brugada syndrome-type EKG.

January 1, 2008Annals of Internal Medicine

Fever-Induced ST-Segment Elevation with a Brugada Syndrome–Type Electrocardiogram

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Key result

Fever induced a Brugada syndrome-type EKG with ST-segment elevation that resolved completely upon defervescence.

Population

A patient with a Brugada syndrome-type EKG induced by fever

Design

Case_report

Authors

SKSumit KalraLady Hardinge Medical College SISaid B. IskandarEast Tennessee State University SDSonia DuggalEast Tennessee State University

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Implication

Fever may unmask Brugada-type ECG changes in susceptible patients; single case report leaves open prevalence and management implications.

Study Design

Type

Case Report (n=1)

Structured PICO

Population

A single patient presenting with a Brugada syndrome-type EKG induced by fever.

Outcome

Resolution of EKG changes with defervescencesurrogate

Fever can act as a physiologic stressor to induce Brugada syndrome-type EKG changes, which resolve upon defervescence.

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Kalra et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Brugada syndrome (n=1). Fever was evaluated on Brugada syndrome-type EKG. Fever induced a Brugada syndrome-type EKG with ST-segment elevation that resolved completely upon defervescence.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8b0b7260c8c47a9ee3ba2d https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-148-1-200801010-00016

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Fever-Induced ST-Segment Elevation with a Brugada Syndrome–Type Electrocardiogram

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Fever-Induced ST-Segment Elevation with a Brugada Syndrome–Type Electrocardiogram

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