When do you consider scheduled antiemetics in hospitalized patients experiencing severe nausea?
How do you monitor for prolonged QTc in this situation (i.e., telemetry, serial EKGs, etc.)?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
The biggest problem I see is antiemetics given PRN when a patient has consistent nausea. The goal is to get above the nausea so that the patient begins to feel better. This is similar to how one treats pain.
Thus, if a patient is taking an antiemetic more than once a day and has consistent nausea, ...