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theo · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

List three significant signs and/or symptoms that, if observed with a sinus bradycardia, would require management of this dysrhythmia.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The rate of a sinus bradycardia is _____ beats/min.

a. slower than 60
b. 60 to 100
c. 80 to 120
d. faster than 100

mistyjohnson · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Clinical signs and symptoms of hemodynamic compromise can include: acute changes in mental status; chest pain or discomfort; cold, clammy skin; fall in urine output; heart failure; low blood pressure; pulmonary congestion; shock; and shortness of breath.

Answer to Question 2

B
If the SA node fires at a rate that is slower than normal for the patient's age, the rhythm is called sinus bradycardia. The rhythm starts in the SA node and then travels the normal conduction pathway, resulting in atrial and ventricular depolarization. In adults and adolescents, a sinus bradycardia has a heart rate of less than 60 beats/min. The term severe sinus bradycardia is sometimes used to describe a sinus bradycardia with a rate of less than 40 beats/min.