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Tammie Lee Demler1,2,3, Carolyn O'Donnell1,2,4
1Department of Pharmacy, New York State Office of Mental Health.
Abstract:
The scientific progress made in the pharmacologic management of serious mental illness (SMI) has been significant. However, the benefits of medication management must continually be weighed against the risks of adverse effects of the agents prescribed. While many medications pose increased danger of QTc prolongation, which may result in malignant arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death, the combination of medications contributing QTc risk can result in an impact of unpredictable pharmacodynamic magnitude. Pharmacists play a key role in communicating QTc risks to prescribers, however little if any clinical guidance informs clinicians of specific actions to take when initiating or continuing a clinically necessary combination that poses risk. This study is a cross-sectional view of Med Safety Scan (MSS) QT prolongation risk scores, generated from the ranking tool available from the CredibleMeds website, intended to provide greater understanding of overall risk of QT burden to assist in the prescribing of medications to patients with SMI in a psychiatric hospital.
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