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How well do psychiatric trainees interpret electrocardiographs

A cross-sectional survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

James P. Warner ,
Julia A. Gledhill ,
Frankie Connell  and
John G. Coghlan
Frankie Connell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF
John G. Coghlan
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Free Hospital, School of Medicine, London
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Abstract

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The consensus statement by the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommended that patients on high dose antipsychotic medication receive regular electro-cardiographic monitoring to identify prolongation of the QT interval. A survey of trainee psychiatrists in three hospitals investigated the accuracy with which trainees could identify this abnormality and found only 20% could do so.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 11 , November 1996 , pp. 651 - 652
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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