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%

: Percentage of patients with at least one QT-prolonging drug. : December vs January.