Key result
Low-dose oral haloperidol use was associated with an unpredictable episode of torsade de pointes that was not preceded by a prolonged QTc.
Population
A patient receiving low-dose oral haloperidol
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May trigger unpredictable torsade de pointes without QTc warning; single case leaves open whether QTc monitoring suffices for low-dose haloperidol.
Case Report (n=1)
Low-dose oral haloperidol can induce torsade de pointes unpredictably, even without a preceding prolonged QTc interval.
Teresa Jackson (1997) conducted a case report in Psychoses (n=1). Low-dose oral haloperidol was evaluated on Torsade de pointes. Low-dose oral haloperidol use was associated with an unpredictable episode of torsade de pointes that was not preceded by a prolonged QTc.
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