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Psychiatric Bulletin (1996) 20: 651-652. doi: 10.1192/pb.20.11.651
© 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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How well do psychiatric trainees interpret electrocardiographs

A cross-sectional survey

James P. Warner, Lecturer*, Julia A. Gledhill, Registrar and Frankie Connell, Registrar

Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF

John G. Coghlan, Senior Registrar

Department of Cardiology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London

* Correspondence

The consensus statement by the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommended that patients on high dose antipsychotic medication receive regular electrocardiographic 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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