Author/Authors :
Kumar, Varun Department of Cardiology - Mount Sinai Hospital, USA , Khosla, Sandeep Department of Cardiology - Mount Sinai Hospital, USA , Stancu, Monica Department of Cardiology - Mount Sinai Hospital, USA
Abstract :
Imipenem-cilastatin and piperacillin-tazobactam are two antibiotics with broad antimicrobial coverage. Besides the many well
established adverse effects of these drugs, there have been few case reports of hypokalemia. Here we present an interesting case of
resistant hypokalemia caused by these drugs leading to Torsades de Pointes which has never been reported in the past. Hypokalemia
resolved with discontinuation of piperacillin.
