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Question to the nurses and telemetry technicians?

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11 years ago

Question to the nurses and telemetry technicians?

I was wondering, I had a patient that got admitted for Afib with rapid ventricular response and appendicitis (I'm a student). After taking cardizem, will there telemetry reading be near normal or will it show Afib.

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11 years ago

Cardizem is a calcium channel blocker. It will decrease the rate. Only anti-arrhythmic drugs will convert the rhythm.
Studies show that it is safe to rate-control A fib and that rhythm control is not necessary.

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