Improving Appropriate Dosing of Intravenous dilTIAZem in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter With Rapid Ventricular Response in the Emergency Department
DiscussionThe interventions of education and medication alerts resulted in a significant increase in the percentage of patients receiving appropriate doses of dilTIAZem and a nonsignificant decrease in the incidence of hypotension. This process-oriented intervention resulted in an improvement in appropriate dilTIAZem doses at our site. Rate control was not statistically significantly different between the 2 groups. Long-term sustainability of this intervention requires further study.
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Source Type: research
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