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Thesis
Long QT Syndrome: Helping Nurse Practitioners Screen, Diagnose and Manage in Primary Care
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
12/2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3629
Abstract
Sudden and unexpected cardiac death in children and young adults are tragic events often related to a disturbance of the heart's electrical conduction system, resulting in lethal arrhythmias. Unfortunately, the underlying conditions leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD) are often not suspected or are misdiagnosed. One of these conditions is Long QT Syndrome (LQTS). LQTS is a pathological cause of loss of consciousness, syncopal episodes and seizure-like activity but is often not recognized or accurately diagnosed prior to a sudden death or significant cardiac event. This article presents a case report of a young woman with LQTS who experienced an aborted SCD event. The article also provides a review of LQTS and recommendations for nurse practitioners regarding screening, management and the education of patients and families.
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- Title
- Long QT Syndrome: Helping Nurse Practitioners Screen, Diagnose and Manage in Primary Care
- Creators
- Sharla K. Peterson
- Contributors
- Louise Kaplan (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590538201842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis