Consider ECG monitoring when prescribing antipsychotics: study
One in eight quetiapine and haloperidol users will develop severe QT prolongation, doctors say.
ECG monitoring should be considered in all patients prescribed antipsychotics before and after starting treatment to avert the risk of sudden cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmias, say Australian doctors.
The advice follows new findings by Taiwanese researchers that about one in eight adults taking quetiapine or haloperidol will develop severe QT prolongation (SQTP).
