I had a patient today who has a history of uncontrolled afib/flutter for about 6 years , 53 year old post op day 2 from CABG. He received iv amio in csicu and did not convert, he was on oral amio when...
rnvancouver replied to rnvancouver's topic in Cardiac
No, the amio was not controlling this patient's rate sufficiently, his heart rate went down to 120 at times but was still up to 130's the night he was on it. He was in rapid afib before surgery as I...
rnvancouver replied to rnvancouver's topic in Cardiac
Thanks for the reply! The patient stopped taking his coumadin for a couple years so he was not anticoagulated and that is why I was mostly worried and trying to understand the different doctors'...
I am a new grad on a cardiac stepdown unit and have many days when I feel the same. I cried on my way home today! I have also woken up panicking imagining myself programming a pump wrong or hanging...