title: Cardiac Monitoring in the Emergency Department.
abstract: Patients present to the emergency department (ED) with a wide range of complaints and ED clinicians are responsible for identifying which conditions are life threatening. Cardiac monitoring strategies in the ED include, but are not limited to, 12-lead electrocardiography and bedside cardiac monitoring for arrhythmia and ischemia detection as well as QT-interval monitoring. ED nurses are in a unique position to incorporate cardiac monitoring into the early triage and risk stratification of patients with cardiovascular emergencies to optimize patient management and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carrington Hall, Campus Box 7460, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460, USA. Electronic address: jzhemsey@email.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Jessica K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Zègre-Hemsey
authors.affiliation: Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA.
authors.forename: J Lee
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nursing Research Center, School of Nursing, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 619-7, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
authors.forename: Mary G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Carey
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing*; D014218:Triage
keywords: 12-Lead electrocardiogram; Arrhythmias; Cardiac monitoring; Emergency department; Myocardial ischemia/infarction; QT-Interval; ST-Segment monitoring