Galen eCalcs - Calculator: Corrected QT Interval

Description

The Corrected QT Interval allows for improved detection of patients at increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia.

Calculator Search/Filter Keywords

At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the Corrected QT Interval calculator:

Specialties

• Cardiology
• Critical Care
• Family Practice
• Internal Medicine
• Toxicology

Systems

• Cardiovascular

Calculator Inputs

Input	Mapping Type	Description
QT Interval	Manual Input	The QT interval is a measure of the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave in the heart's electrical cycle
Heart Rate	Vitals	Patient's Heart Rate

Calculator Outputs

Output	Mapping Type	Description
QTc	Result	Corrected QT (QTc)

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QT_interval
http://www.medcalc.com/qtc.html