A review of ECG and QT interval measurement use in a public psychiatric inpatient setting.

CONCLUSIONS: There was very limited risk assessment for QT prolongation in a public hospital psychiatric inpatient unit, with less than 20% of patients having an ECG performed. Our study supports an association between QT-prolonging drugs and a clinically significant prolonged QT interval; however, a larger study with routine ECG screening is required. PMID: 28836822 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28836822?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Berling I, Gupta R, Bjorksten C, Prior F, Whyte IM, Berry S Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research