A survey of health care practitioners' knowledge of the QT interval

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 392-396

  Al Khatib, Sana M ^a   Allen LaPointe, Nancy M ^a   Kramer, Judith M ^a   Chen, Anita Y ^a   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Delong, Liz ^a   Califf, Robert M ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care practitioners; Qt interval; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHIATRY; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TEACHER; TORSADE DES POINTES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 22144469434     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0101.x     Document Type: Review

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