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PVC

PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS

TermDefinition
RATE OF PVC? VARIABLE
RHYTHM? IRREGULAR WITH PVC INTERRUPTING UNDERLYING RHYTHM, FOLLOWED BY A COMPENSATORY PAUSE
DESCRIBE THE P: QRS? NO P WAVE BEFORE THE PVC
PR INTERVAL? ABSENT WITH PVC
QRS COMPLEX? WIDE (>0.12SEC) AND BIZZARE IN APPEARANCE, DIFFERENCE FROM NORMAL QRS COMPLEX
WHEN WOULD YOU TREAT PVC?S IF SYMPTOMATIC, OR IN THE PRESENCE OF SEVERE HEART DISEASE
FOR A CLIENT WITH PVC'S YOU WOULD ADVISE THE CLIENT AGAINST THE USE OF WHICH STIMULANTS? CAFFINE, NICOTINE
WHICH CLASSES OF DRUGS WOULD YOU USE TO TREAT PVC'S? BETA BLOCKERS OR ANTIDYSRHYTHMIC AGENTS
PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS ARE ALSO REFERRED TO AS ? PREMATURE ECTOPIC VENTRICULAR BEATS
WHAT SPECIFICALLY DEFINES PVC'S? ECTOPIC VENTRICULAR BEATS THAT OCCUR BEFORE THE NEXT EXPECTED BEAT OF THE UNDERLYING RHYTHM
AFTER THE ECTOPIC BEAT- WHAT OCCURS TO THE RHYTHM? THERE IS A FULL COMPENSATORY PAUSE
FREQUENT, RECURRENT PVC'S MAY INDICATE A RISK OF ? LETHAL DYSRHYTHMIA
WHAT THINGS TRIGGER PVC'S? 1.ANXIETY, STRESS, TOBACCO, ALCOHOL, CAFFINE, HYPOXIA, ACIDOSIS, ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES, CORONARY HEART DISEASE, HEART FAILURE, MECHANICAL STIMULATION OF THE HEART OR AFTER RE-PERFUSION POST FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY
WHEN IS THE INCIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PVC'S THE GREATEST? POST MI
TWO PVC'S IN A ROW ARE CALLED? COUPLET OR PAIRED PVC'S
THREE CONSECUTIVE PVC'S ARE CALLED? AKA? TRIPLET OR SALVO AKA SHORT RUN OF V-TACH
WHAT IS VENTRICULAR BIGEMINY? PVC FOLLOWING EACH NORMAL BEAT
A PVC NOTED EACH THIRD BEAT IS CALLED? VENTRICULAR TRIGEMINY
YOUR CLIENT HAS PVC'S WHAT WOULD BE THE WARNING SIGNS FOR THIS PATIENT WITH ACUTE HEART DISEASE ( IE ACUTE MI)? 1. PVC'S THAT DEVELOP WITHIN THE FIRST 4 HOURS OF AN MI 2. FREQUENT PVC'S SIX OR MORE/MIN 3. COUPLETS OR TRIPLETS 4. MULTIFOCAL PVC'S 5. RUN ON T PHENOMENON ( PVC'S FALLING ON THE T WAVE.
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