Research Article
Use of Drugs Associated with QT Interval Prolongation at the Hospital Level during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia
Table 1
Percentage of use of medications with risk of QT interval prolongation in 21 hospital institutions, Colombia, January–December 2020.
| Institution | City | Health care complexity (level) | QT patients (%) | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Variation |
| 1 | Cali | 3 | 63.4 | 57.5 | 55.6 | 64.8 | 59.6 | 59.9 | 62.4 | 64.5 | 67.3 | 84.6 | 67.8 | 63.5 | 0.2% | 2 | Popayán | 3 | 56.6 | 56.4 | 56.7 | 63.8 | 61.7 | 60.7 | 59.6 | 57.1 | 56.8 | 79.3 | 58.3 | 58.4 | 3.2% | 3 | Cartagena | 3 | 56.0 | 52.8 | 61.9 | 73.5 | 73.8 | 66.8 | 63.6 | 69.0 | 67.3 | 81.8 | 56.8 | 69.9 | 24.8% | 4 | Buga | 3 | 49.7 | 45.4 | 46.7 | 48.6 | 47.6 | 49.9 | 51.9 | 50.9 | 48.0 | 51.7 | 51.0 | 54.1 | 8.9% | 5 | Medellín | 3 | 48.5 | 49.5 | 46.8 | 52.4 | 45.9 | 46.4 | 47.0 | 51.1 | 51.0 | 50.4 | 50.2 | 50.3 | 3.7% | 6 | Manizales | 3 | 48.0 | 44.8 | 44.0 | 47.8 | 50.9 | 51.2 | 52.8 | 56.1 | 53.4 | 72.9 | 51.7 | 49.0 | 2.1% | 7 | Manizales | 3 | 46.9 | 48.3 | 46.1 | 53.3 | 56.1 | 54.9 | 54.3 | 56.1 | 57.4 | 53.2 | 54.5 | 52.6 | 12.2% | 8 | Barranquilla | 3 | 46.1 | 44.2 | 44.9 | 52.2 | 52.7 | 59.7 | 61.7 | 63.4 | 62.4 | 62.1 | 65.8 | 60.5 | 31.2% | 9 | Armenia | 3 | 42.5 | 42.7 | 44.2 | 50.6 | 45.5 | 45.3 | 45.8 | 50.1 | 48.6 | 50.0 | 49.6 | 50.3 | 18.4% | 10 | Ibagué | 3 | 41.8 | 40.5 | 39.7 | 45.3 | 47.5 | 43.9 | 46.0 | 47.7 | 47.6 | 49.5 | 50.4 | 53.7 | 28.5% | 11 | Bogotá | 3 | 37.7 | 32.6 | 35.0 | 46.8 | 44.7 | 46.5 | 43.7 | 48.9 | 48.1 | 50.4 | 52.6 | 49.1 | 30.2% | 12 | Pereira | 3 | 37.6 | 37.2 | 38.6 | 69.9 | NA | 39.1 | 39.4 | 39.8 | 40.6 | 57.3 | 44.3 | 39.6 | 5.3% | 13 | Medellín | 3 | 36.3 | 37.4 | 38.2 | 44.8 | 43.0 | 35.3 | 34.9 | 47.6 | 39.1 | 41.3 | 41.7 | 38.5 | 6.1% | 14 | Bogotá | 3 | 25.3 | 20.3 | 29.1 | 38.7 | 36.8 | 34.7 | 33.3 | 33.6 | 32.6 | 32.5 | 27.5 | 28.3 | 11.9% | 15 | Medellín | 4 | 56.8 | 55.9 | 58.7 | 63.4 | 61.2 | 71.6 | 68.9 | 63.4 | 60.9 | 60.3 | 62.4 | 62.0 | 9.2% | 16 | Medellín | 4 | 54.5 | 52.6 | 52.3 | 60.0 | 60.9 | 58.9 | 58.0 | 58.8 | 52.6 | 53.6 | 57.4 | 57.2 | 5.0% | 17 | Bogotá | 4 | 49.4 | 45.5 | 49.6 | 55.1 | 58.2 | 56.9 | 69.2 | 71.7 | 57.2 | 55.4 | 54.3 | 51.6 | 4.5% | 18 | Pereira | 4 | 48.5 | 46.9 | 45.4 | 50.0 | 49.0 | 52.0 | 52.9 | 51.0 | 50.9 | 57.0 | 53.8 | 52.4 | 8.0% | 19 | Bogotá | 4 | 48.0 | 44.6 | 46.3 | 51.5 | 54.2 | 53.1 | 51.2 | 55.4 | 53.6 | 54.6 | 55.0 | 51.5 | 7.3% | 20 | Pereira | 4 | 47.8 | 46.7 | 48.4 | 53.9 | 54.5 | 54.9 | 58.1 | 55.7 | 55.1 | 60.3 | 58.1 | 55.5 | 16.1% | 21 | Bogotá | 4 | 44.2 | 41.8 | 42.4 | 38.8 | 44.1 | 46.8 | 45.6 | 46.6 | 48.1 | 47.8 | 48.1 | 46.0 | 4.1% | Mean | 46.9 | 44.9 | 46.2 | 53.6 | 52.4 | 51.8 | 52.4 | 54.2 | 52.3 | 57.4 | 52.9 | 52.1 | 11.0% | Total QT patients | 42796 | 41179 | 33692 | 20828 | 27606 | 30802 | 32882 | 33848 | 37825 | 40053 | 37521 | 36264 | -15.3% | Total patients attended | 90872 | 92013 | 73320 | 40191 | 53176 | 58500 | 61774 | 62127 | 71903 | 71455 | 70141 | 69526 | -23.5% |
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: Percentage of patients with at least one QT-prolonging drug. : December vs January. |