A reminder that the equation is:
QTc = 425 - 676 · e -0.0037·RR ,
where RR is the RR interval from an ECG (all units are in milliseconds).
Suppose that an a patient's QTc is written on their chart as 320 ms. According to the above equation, what would you expect their RR to be?
Problem 1- Calculate the corrected QT interval
Problem 2- Calculate the RR interval
Problem 3- When can you use this correction?
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