What is the term for this condition?

Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN · Jun 29, 2004

It was Mag Ox... What does your hospital consider a critical magnesium level to be?

Palp -- Please check my previous response to Dry.

Think the most accurate test for Mg is an intercellular one which is rarely done (expensive). Most of the Mg in our bodies is in the cells.

Don't know our facility's guideline for serum Mg.

Good luck today!

Palpitations · Jul 1, 2004

Well the preliminary report is: Lowest heart rate - 64; Highest heart rate - 141; and mean - 90; and one pvc. No SVT. They have to let a cardiologist read it to let me know anything more.

It didn't help that I didn't have any real bouts of palpitations while wearing the Holter monitor. I was told that it could take the cardiologist up to a week to read the report.

Palpitations · Jul 1, 2004

Well the preliminary report is: Lowest heart rate - 64; Highest heart rate - 141; and mean - 90; and one pvc. No SVT. They have to let a cardiologist read it to let me know anything more.

It didn't help that I didn't have any real bouts of palpitations while wearing the Holter monitor. I was told that it could take the cardiologist up to a week to read the report.

Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN · Jul 2, 2004

... Lowest heart rate - 64; Highest heart rate - 141...

Palp -- I take it you were in NSR?

Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN · Jul 2, 2004

... Lowest heart rate - 64; Highest heart rate - 141...

Palp -- I take it you were in NSR?

sarpa · Jul 2, 2004

Ithink it is called pulse pressure

sarpa · Jul 2, 2004

Ithink it is called pulse pressure

Palpitations · Jul 2, 2004

Palp -- I take it you were in NSR?

The nurse didn't say. She just said to keep my 2D Echo appointment. I'm going to be really irritable waiting for that day. It isn't until July 18th. The stress from waiting could make me stroke out! :angryfire

I keep thinking that I may have POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome).

Oh well, I just have to try and be calm and wait.

Palpitations · Jul 2, 2004

Palp -- I take it you were in NSR?

The nurse didn't say. She just said to keep my 2D Echo appointment. I'm going to be really irritable waiting for that day. It isn't until July 18th. The stress from waiting could make me stroke out! :angryfire

I keep thinking that I may have POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome).

Oh well, I just have to try and be calm and wait.

rn4booboo · Jul 3, 2004

While a person has only one heart rate, the pulse CAN be different in the 2 arms. A higher pulse on the right radial with a low pulse on the left radial can be indicative of an aortic dissection or a stenosis of the left subclavian artery. It can also happen in atrial fibrillation.
It is called PULSUS DIFFERENS.

When I read this thread I knew the name, Thank you because it fell out of my head like a rock. Co arcs and tof's will cause the same thing also. Had a kid with a coarc before and totally different.

Yes- we only have one heart- but many pathways and obstacles before the most popular pulse points.

When in doubt take the apical, but WHY the diff in pulses is a big question not to just skip.

rn4booboo · Jul 3, 2004

While a person has only one heart rate, the pulse CAN be different in the 2 arms. A higher pulse on the right radial with a low pulse on the left radial can be indicative of an aortic dissection or a stenosis of the left subclavian artery. It can also happen in atrial fibrillation.
It is called PULSUS DIFFERENS.

When I read this thread I knew the name, Thank you because it fell out of my head like a rock. Co arcs and tof's will cause the same thing also. Had a kid with a coarc before and totally different.

Yes- we only have one heart- but many pathways and obstacles before the most popular pulse points.

When in doubt take the apical, but WHY the diff in pulses is a big question not to just skip.

leslie :-D · Jul 3, 2004

the pulses are different in intensity only. but whatever the etiology, it needs follow up.