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BACKGROUND: Proton pump inhibitors have numerous important side effects, yet they are prescribed for outpatients who do not have recognized indications. Less is known with respect to prescribing for inpatients. OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of inappropriate prescribing of protein pump inhibitors and to assess reasons why they are prescribed.

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Reliance on the computer-generated ECG diagnostic interpretation alone will fail to identify many at-risk family members. It is suggested that all first-degree relatives of an identified LQTS proband have a 12-lead ECG that is reviewed independently by a physician who is familiar with LQTS in an effort to improve screening for this potentially lethal syndrome.electrocardiogram, long QT syndrome, QT interval, sudden death.