No Association Between Trazodone and Corrected-QT Prolongation in Older Adults

Sabrina E M Armstrong1, Hilary K Brown, Carrie Shorey

  • 1Rotman Research InstituteBaycrest Health Sciences CentreToronto, ON, Canada Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and SocietyUniversity of Toronto ScarboroughDalla Lana School of Public HealthUniversity of Torontoand Women's College Research InstituteWomen's College HospitalToronto, ON, Canada Rotman Research InstituteBaycrest Health Sciences CentreToronto, ON, Canada Department of Psychiatry Baycrest Health Sciences Centreand Division of Geriatric PsychiatryDepartment of PsychiatryFaculty of Medicine University of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada Rotman Research InstituteBaycrest Health Sciences CentreToronto, ON, Canada Hôpital en Santé Mentale Albert-Prévostand Département de PsychiatrieUniversité de MontréalMontréal, QC, Canada Department of Psychiatry Baycrest Health Sciences Centreand Division of Geriatric PsychiatryDepartment of PsychiatryFaculty of Medicine University of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada and Rotman Research InstituteBaycrest Health Sciences CentreToronto, ON, Canada lmah@research.baycrest.org.

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