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Among 529 psychiatric inpatients, only 82% received an ECG during admission and 63% within 24 hours, highlighting a shortfall in guideline-directed safety monitoring.
ECG monitoring compliance in acute psychiatric admissions is suboptimal, particularly for patients on antipsychotics, highlighting the need for less intrusive monitoring methods like handheld ECG devices.
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Mumford et al. (2023) conducted a letter in Psychiatric admission (n=529). Psychiatric admission was evaluated on ECG completion at any point during admission. Among 529 psychiatric inpatients, only 82% received an ECG during admission and 63% within 24 hours, highlighting a shortfall in guideline-directed safety monitoring.
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