Key result
Metoclopramide administration in an 86-year-old man with heart failure and renal impairment was associated with the development of prolonged QT syndrome and torsade de pointes.
Case Report (n=1)
Metoclopramide may cause QT interval prolongation and torsade de pointes, particularly in vulnerable patients with heart failure and renal impairment.
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Alerts clinicians to possible QT risk with metoclopramide in HF and renal impairment; hypothesis-generating and leaves causal confirmation open.
Sultan M. Siddique (2009) conducted a case report in Heart failure and renal insufficiency (n=1). Metoclopramide was evaluated on Prolonged QT and torsade de pointes. Metoclopramide administration in an 86-year-old man with heart failure and renal impairment was associated with the development of prolonged QT syndrome and torsade de pointes.
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