Recommendations for QTc Monitoring: Rational or Arbitrary?

Lawrence N Benjamin; Suzanne Elshafey; Emmett A Kistler; Andrew Oseran; Stephanie M Rutledge; Isaac D Smith; Miranda Theodore; Rachael A Venn; Theodore A Stern

doi:10.4088/PCC.18f02327

Recommendations for QTc Monitoring: Rational or Arbitrary?

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2018 Oct 4;20(5):18f02327. doi: 10.4088/PCC.18f02327.

Authors

Lawrence N Benjamin^#^{1

2}, Suzanne Elshafey^#^{1

2}, Emmett A Kistler^#^{1

2}, Andrew Oseran^#^{1

2}, Stephanie M Rutledge^#^{1

2}, Isaac D Smith^#^{1

2}, Miranda Theodore^#^{1

2}, Rachael A Venn^#^{1

2}, Theodore A Stern^{3

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit St WRN 605, Boston, MA 02114. tstern@partners.org.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 30326188
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.18f02327

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Analgesics / adverse effects*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Antidepressive Agents / adverse effects*
Electrocardiography
Humans
Long QT Syndrome / chemically induced*
Long QT Syndrome / diagnosis*
Male
Polypharmacy*
Sleep Aids, Pharmaceutical / adverse effects*

Substances

Analgesics
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antidepressive Agents
Sleep Aids, Pharmaceutical