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

Nicole M Daniel Kim Walsh Henry Leach Lauren Stummer

Published in: The mental health clinician (2019)

The study demonstrated that pharmacist involvement in ECG and QTc-interval monitoring utilizing a uniform protocol may improve the appropriateness of ECG and QTc-interval monitoring in patients in an acute care inpatient psychiatric hospital.

Keyphrases

acute care
end stage renal disease
mental health
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
randomized controlled trial
prognostic factors
primary care
peritoneal dialysis
palliative care
heart failure
left ventricular
blood pressure
heart rate
patient reported outcomes
atrial fibrillation