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Hi all...I am a hospice nurse and have very limited cardiac b/g I would be interested in knowing if 100+ pvc's almost daily is an "OK" thing...some cardiologist say not a big deal but what do you all think? Pt at times has mild chest pain and sometimes experiences dizziness...many thanks Janie

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Hi all...I am a hospice nurse and have very limited cardiac b/g I would be interested in knowing if 100+ pvc's almost daily is an "OK" thing...some cardiologist say not a big deal but what do you all think? Pt at times has mild chest pain and sometimes experiences dizziness...many thanks Janie

Hello, saribeth,

Yes, this is acceptable, if they have been investigated by the physician. Considering the average heart at 70 BPM beats over 100,000 times a day, this is o.k.

Now, if the patient is having chest pain and dizziness associated with or without these PVCs.........that is anothe matter.

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Yes. We Telemetry Tech/ LVN's call those "Frequent PVC's"

As long as the patient doesn't have 3 PVC's in a row or more (sustained V-Tach), it's fine.

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Yes. We Telemetry Tech/ LVN's call those "Frequent PVC's"

As long as the patient doesn't have 3 PVC's in a row or more (sustained V-Tach), it's fine.

The chest pain/dizziness would concern me more than the PVC's. BTW, sustained v-tach is over 30 seconds (less than 30s can be considered sustained VT if it results in hemodynamic compromise), I believe. You're right about 3 or more PVC's in a row being considered a run of v-tach though.

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