Implementation of a QTc-interval monitoring protocol by pharmacists to decrease cardiac risk in at-risk patients in an acute care inpatient psychiatric facility

INTRODUCTION: Many medications commonly prescribed in psychiatric hospitals can cause QTc-interval prolongation, increasing a patient's risk for torsades de pointes and sudden cardiac death. There is little guidance in the literature to determine when an electrocardiogram (ECG) and QTc-interval...

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Autores principales: Daniel, Nicole M., Walsh, Kim, Leach, Henry, Stummer, Lauren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: College of Psychiatric & Neurologic Pharmacists 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6398356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30842915
http://dx.doi.org/10.9740/mhc.2019.03.082

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