Q
Q fever 1392 1397–1398
Q wave infarction See Myocardial infarction; ST elevation (Q wave) infarction
Qigong (external) 1709
Qinghaosu/qinghaosu derivatives See Artemisinin
QRS complex
in preexcitation syndromes 374
wide
differentiation of aberrantly conducted supraventricular beats from ventricular beats and 372
in hyperkalemia 876
in poisoning/drug overdose 1609 1609
with antiarrhythmics 1634
with antidepressants 1609 1637 1637
with phenothiazines 1633
in ventricular premature beats 379
QT interval
long 381–382
in acute renal failure 901
with droperidol 540
in hypocalcemia 878
in hypomagnesemia 884
in poisoning/drug toxicity 381 1609 1609
antiarrhythmics in 1634
anticholinergic agents in 1620
antidepressants in 1070 1637
antipsychotics in 1062 1063
halofantrine in 1494
phenothiazines in 1633
quinolones in 1581
short, in hypercalcemia 879
Quad screen, in prenatal testing 765
Quadriplegia See also Paralysis
in porphyria 1703
spinal trauma causing 1021
Quality of life, evaluation of cancer treatment response and 1688
Quazepam 1045
long, in poisoning/drug toxicity, erythromycin in 1569
Queensland tick typhus 1392 1396
Questran See Cholestyramine
Quetiapine 1059 1060 1061 1063
Quinacrine, for lupus erythematosus 105
Quinapril 434
Quincke's pulses 335
Quinidine
adverse ocular effects of 178
antidepressant drug interactions and 1074
for arrhythmias 369
for malaria 1490 1494 1496 1497
resistance to 1492
monitoring concentrations of 1734
overdose/toxicity of 1634
P.1855
Quinine 1490 1494 1496 1497
resistance to 1492
4-Quinoline-carbinolamines, for malaria chemoprophylaxis/treatment 1488
Quinolones 1579–1581 1580
Quinsy tonsillectomy 206
Quinupristin/dalfopristin 1579
for Enterococcus faecium infection 1403 1579
QVAR See Beclomethasone