CASE REPORT
Prolonged QT interval in an infant of a fluoxetine treated mother
1 Department of Neonatology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Dr G Dubnov
Department of Neonatology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva 49202, Israel; gald{at}clalit.org.il
Fluoxetine is an antidepressant drug, only recently discovered to be a QT interval prolonging agent. The first case is presented of an infant of a mother treated with fluoxetine during pregnancy who had a transiently prolonged QTc interval, concluded to be drug induced. Clinical and electrocardiographic monitoring of newborns of antidepressant treated mothers is needed.
Keywords: newborn; electrocardiography; serotonin uptake inhibitors; antidepressant
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