y of ecgA (not so) brief history of electrocardiography. Find out how electrocuting chickens (1775)‚ getting laboratory assistants to put their hands in buckets of saline (1887)‚ taking the ECG of a horses and then observing their open heart surgey (1912)‚ induction of indiscriminate angina attacks (1931)‚ and hypothermic dogs (1953) have helped to improve our understanding of the ECG as a clinical tool. And why is the ECG labelled PQRST (1895)?  1600  1646 Sir Thomas Browne‚ Physician
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C.‚ Cimen‚ P.‚ Karakurt‚ Z.‚ Kirakli‚ C.‚ & ... Yilmaz‚ A. (2013). Why do patients with interstitial lung diseases fail in the ICU? A 2-center cohort study Huether‚ S. E.‚ McCance‚ K. L.‚ Brashers‚ V. L.‚ & Rote‚ N. S. (2008). Understanding pathophysiology. St. Louis‚ Mo: Mosby/Elsevier. Lewis‚ S. M. (2011). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (8th ed.). St. Louis‚ Mo: Elsevier/Mosby. Micrmedix 2.0. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25‚ 2013‚ from Enter URLhttps://sjaxvpn
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heart causing the heart to beat too rapidly (tachycardia) or too slowly (bradycardia). Types of arrhythmias include‚ supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)‚ heart block‚ atrial premature contraction (APC)‚ atrial flutter‚ atrial fibrillation (AF)‚ ventricle premature contraction‚ ventricle tachycardia (VT)‚ and ventricle fibrillation. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is when the heart no longer pumps efficiently due to a prolonged underlying condition such as CAD‚ previous myocardial infarction‚ congenital
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(a‚c‚v) and 2 descents ( x‚y). ( A) wave: is reflect the atrial contraction ‚ follows the p wave on ECG waveform ‚ and it is not showed on atrial fibrillation. This wave is reflect the end diastole
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is reduced. There is no peripheral edema. Interrogation of his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)‚ which is a single-chamber St.Jude device‚ showed a total of 49 episodes of supraventricular tachycardia. These are either atrial fibrillation‚ or atrial tachycardia. 48 of 49 episodes were between 150 to 190 beats per minute‚ which is within monitor only zone of the ICD. None of these episodes lasted more then one minute. He had one episode of supraventricular tachycardia‚ which was
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student the realization hits that after all it is not as hard as it seems. Everything one doesn’t understand is taught in one class called EKG. One of the most important things to learn is the arrhythmias which are greatly different. The sinus‚ atrial‚ junctional‚ heart‚ and ventricular rhythms are all important part to learn and understand to fully complete such course. The first categories of arrhythmias which originate in the sinus node are called Normal Sinus Rhythm (NSR)‚ Sinus Bradycardia
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Dr. J.K. Mc Clain and other members of the cardiology department consulted on the patient. They felt that his hypoxia and breathlessness were not secondary to his cardiac status. He had supraventricular cardiac arrhythmias‚ including atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. The cardiology staff utilized intravenous medications that controlled the cardiac rate‚ adequately resolving these cardiac issues. I managed the patient’s ventilator in intensive care status along with my respiratory therapy team
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occur with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Atrial fibrillation is a heart rhythm in which the top part of the heart has disorganized electrical activation. This sends multiple‚ fast‚ irregular impulses to the left ventricle causing the heart to beat rapidly and irregularly. Symptoms such as palpations‚ shortness of breath‚ or decreased exercise capacity may occur. The most dangerous rhythms from the left ventricle are called ventricular tachycardia fibrillation‚ which can cause death. In my opinion
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is not oriented to time or place. Subjective: Patient states “Ow” during examination Objective: Temp: 97.5‚ Pulse: 66‚ BP: 142/71‚ Resp: 20‚ O2: 98% Room air Medical diagnosis of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Medical history includes atrial fibrillation‚ hypertension‚ hyperglycemia‚ pulmonary infiltrates‚ Leukocytosis‚ anemia‚ confusion Patient has had 2 hip replacements and knee replacements Chest x-ray: Infiltrate in the periphery of the left midlung and throughout left lower lung. Patchy
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Geriatrics DATE OF CONSULT: 02/24/---- REASON FOR CONSULT: Acute on chronic renal failure. Patient is an 87 year old Caucasian male who has a history of hypertension‚ severe peripheral vascular disease‚ chronic renal insufficiency‚ and atrial fibrillation. He was admitted yesterday for treatment of an infected toe. The plan was to obtain an angiogram to check patients’ blood flow; however he was discovered on admission labs to have acute on chronic renal failure‚ patient states he is unaware
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