Difference between revisions of "Galen eCalcs - Calculator: Corrected QT Interval"

Revision as of 14:54, 20 November 2019

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 Configuration Options

Preference Name	Valid Range	Description
Publishing	Checked / Unchecked	When checked the calculator will display for users on the front end. When unchecked, the calculator WILL NOT display for users on the front end.
Orderable Item Override	(BLANK) / G-QTc	“(BLANK)” indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used. “G-QTc” indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the output.

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

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 *Cardiovascular
+==Calculator Configuration Options==
+{| class ="wikitable"
+! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Preference Name
+! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Valid Range
+! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Description
+|-valign ="CENTER"
+|Publishing || Checked / Unchecked || When checked the calculator '''will''' display for users on the front end. <br>When unchecked, the calculator '''WILL NOT''' display for users on the front end.
+|-
+|Orderable Item Override || (BLANK) / G-QTc|| '''“(BLANK)”''' indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used.   <br>'''“G-QTc”''' indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the output.
+|}