Why the study?
Psychiatric patients face heightened cardiovascular risk and many psychotropic drugs prolong the QTc interval, but adherence to ECG monitoring requirements and the burden and predictors of QTc prolongation remained uncharacterized.
Population
871 hospitalized adult psychiatric patients (1198 stays) in 2015
Comparison
Covariates and risk factors associated with QTc interval prolongation
Design
Retrospective observational cohort study
Authors
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Supports ECG screening in psychiatric inpatients with QTc risk factors; leaves open whether routine monitoring improves cardiac outcomes.
Hospitalized psychiatric patients have a high prevalence of ECG abnormalities, particularly QTc prolongation, which is associated with female gender, age, triglyceride levels, and use of TdP-risk drugs, supporting systematic ECG monitoring.
Ansermot et al. (2019) studied this question.
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