(FIT)-Module 4 Workshop 6: Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiological Correlations-Poole Case 2 Question

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Second question, your patient comes to clinic for routine follow-up for his history of recurring ventricular tachycardias and ICD shocks for which he takes quinidine. He tells you that he was traveling to his home country and while there was diagnosed with tuberculosis and prescribed rifampin and isoniazid. Which of the following medication adjustments may you need to do? Decrease quinidine dose, increase quinidine dose, increase atenolol, decrease atenolol.

Keywords

ventricular tachycardia

ICD shocks

quinidine

tuberculosis treatment

drug interaction