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Do you require an ECG to assess the QTc interval before administering ondansetron to a hospitalized patient without a known cardiac history or QT-prolonging medications?

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Hospital Medicine · Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital

There is a nice "Things We Do For No Reason" article in Journal of Hospital Medicine on this: "Hospitalists need not order an initial and subsequent ECGs when administering standard doses of intravenous ondansetron for patients without significant risk factors for QTc prolongation. To assess risk fa...

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