Junior doctors' knowledge and practice of electrocardiographic monitoring for high-risk patients receiving antipsychotic medications
| Autor: | Fai-Žaza Darwiche, Trevor Turner, Shoaib Ugradar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Electrocardiographic monitoring
medicine.medical_specialty High risk patients business.industry medicine.medical_treatment 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 030227 psychiatry Ecg monitoring Clinical Practice 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine 0504 sociology Medicine In patient Antipsychotic Medications Cardiac risk business Antipsychotic Intensive care medicine |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatric Bulletin. 33:377-380 |
| ISSN: | 1472-1473 0955-6036 |
| Popis: | Aims and MethodThe risk of developing fatal tachyarrhythmias can increase in patients receiving antipsychotic medication. Two surveys were conducted, one to evaluate junior doctors' knowledge of the QTc interval and the second to investigate the experience of electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring among patients on four acute psychiatric wards.ResultsThe first survey revealed that junior doctors were lacking in knowledge regarding the QTc interval. the second revealed that ECG monitoring of high-risk patients was inadequate. Half of the high-risk patients who required an ECG were not given one, whereas 6% who did not require one still received this investigation.Clinical ImplicationsThere is a need to increase knowledge about the cardiac risk of antipsychotic medication on psychiatric wards. Following simple recommendations could improve clinical practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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