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A ______ effect increases the force of myocardial contraction
positive inotropic
A ______ effect increases the heart rate.
positive chronotropic
A _____ effect will usually help ____respiratory rate and will increase blood flow through the kidneys, so fluid output will increase.
slow
_________ is a dysrhythmia that proceeds normally through the conduction pathway but at a faster than usual rate (100 to 150 beats/minute)
Sinus tachycardia
_______ is a disorder in which a single atrial impulse outside the SA node causes the atria to contract at an exceedingly rapid rate.
Atrial flutter
A client presents to the emergency department via ambulance with a heart rate of 210 beats/minute and a sawtooth waveform pattern per cardiac monitor. The nurse is most correct to alert the medical team of the presence of a client with which disorder?
:Atrial flutter
_______is the absence of cardiac function and can indicate death.
Asystole
_________contraction indicates an early electric impulse and does not necessarily produce an exceedingly rapid heart rate.
Premature ventricular
________ is the inefficient quivering of the ventricles and indicative of a dying heart
ventricular fibrillation
_______is used during pulseless ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
Defibrillation
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