Evaluation of baseline corrected <scp>QT</scp> interval and azithromycin prescriptions in an academic medical center

Abstract

In a cohort of hospitalized patients, azithromycin was prescribed despite risk factors for QTc prolongation and administration of interacting medications. Selection of azithromycin by providers appears to be independent from these risk factors, and education and vigilance to drug-drug interactions may be useful in limiting cardiac events with prescribing azithromycin.