Should Hospitalized Patients With Pneumonia and Cardiac Risk Factors Be on Telemetry?

Does cardiac rhythm monitoring in patients with elevated troponin levels lead to changes in management?

“…However, in critically ill patients, which is not the population we evaluated, there are data suggesting that monitoring may provide greater yield. 15…”

“…However, in critically ill patients, which is not the population we evaluated, there are data suggesting that monitoring may provide greater yield. 15 There is a paucity of studies in this area. A study by Estrada et al 16 in 2000 demonstrated that an arrhythmia developed in 13.5% of patients with an ACC class I indication for rhythm monitoring and led to a change in management in 3.4%.…”