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The Electrocardiogram in Comatose States

The electrocardiogram was analyzed with special reference to corrected Q-T interval (QTc) in three groups of patients: 27 patients in coma due to intoxication for various reasons, 30 patients in coma due to stroke and in 30 controls. Q-T interval was analyzed in three consecutive cycles in al 12 leads, and the longest and shortest values were registered and QTc was calculated according to Bazett's formula. The QTc was prolonged in 55.5% patients in coma due to intoxication, in 53.3% in coma due to stroke and 6.7% in controls. In relation to controls, the relative risk of prolonged QTc in patients in coma due to intoxication was 17.5, and in coma due to stroke 16.0. There was no difference in relative risk for prolonged QTc between the group of patients in coma due to intoxication and due to stroke.

electrocardiogram; QTc interval; coma; intoxication

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