August 19, 2013

Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Category: Fundamentals 
Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT) has a rapid heart rate that originates suddenly in a irritable focus in one of the atria. The rate range is usually 150-250 per minute, so it overdrive-suppresses the SA node and all other automaticity foci.

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