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ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2016

Quinine and the ABCs of Long QT: A Patient's Misfortune with Arthritis, (Alcoholic) Beverages, and Cramps.

Elyce T Sheehan, Jarrod D Frizzell, Jude Gabaldon, Michael B West

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Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Toxicities of herbal abortifacients.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2023
    Review
  3. Article
  4. [Tonic water and quinine-a bicentennial booming cocktail].Revue francaise d'allergologie (2009) · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elyce T SheehanDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. etryon@salud.unm.edu.
Jarrod D FrizzellDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Jude GabaldonSan Juan Regional Medical Center, Farmington, NM, USA.
Michael B WestSan Juan Regional Medical Center, Farmington, NM, USA.
Regional Medical Center · USUniversity of New Mexico · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 91-year-old woman presented to the emergency department by ambulance after her family found her minimally responsive. Telemetry monitoring demonstrated episodes of non-sustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PMVT) associated with significantly prolonged repolarization. Her medical history revealed that she was taking quinine or a derivative in three different forms: hydroxychloroquine, quinine sulfate (for leg cramps), and her gin mixed with tonic water (containing quinine). The present case is illustrative of classic etiologies and findings of acquired long QT syndrome, and serves as an important reminder for providers to take a complete medication history, including use of duplicative and alternative medicines and type of alcohol consumption.

Indexed as

Aged, 80 and overAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidCarbonated BeveragesElectrocardiographyFemaleFood-Drug InteractionsHumansHydroxychloroquineLong QT SyndromeMuscle CrampMuscle Relaxants, CentralQuinineAntirheumatic AgentsHydroxychloroquineMuscle Relaxants, CentralQuininecardiac arrhythmiagin and tonicprolonged QTquinine

Identifiers

PMID27173501
PMCPMC5023602
OpenAlexW2376793788

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