Practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring in hospital settings: An American Heart Association scientific statement from the councils on cardiovascular nursing, clinical cardiology, and cardiovascular disease in the young

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2721-2746

  Drew, Barbara J ^a   Califf, Robert M ^a   Funk, Marjorie ^a   Kaufman, Elizabeth S ^a   Krucoff, Mitchell W ^a   Laks, Michael M ^a   Macfarlane, Peter W ^a   Sommargren, Claire ^a   Swiryn, Steven ^a   Van Hare, George F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Antiarrhythmic agents; Electrocardiography; Ischemia; Long QT syndrome; Myocardial infarction; Pediatrics; Tachyarrhythmias; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONSENSUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT; TRAINING;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 7544238485     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000145144.56673.59     Document Type: Review

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