Practice standards for ECG monitoring in hospital settings: executive summary and guide for implementation.
Current goals of hospital ECG monitoring are to diagnose cardiac arrhythmias, acute myocardial ischemia, and drug-induced prolonged QT interval. Recently, experts in the field of electrocardiology and cardiac monitoring convened to develop a practice standard for hospital ECG monitoring. This executive summary reviews key elements of the practice standard and answers questions that often arise when clinicians try to implement them.
Drew
Barbara J
BJ
School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA 94143-0610, USA. barbara.drew@nursing.ucsf.edu
Funk
Marjorie
M
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D019985:Benchmarking; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013997:Time Factors