Diagnosis Arrythmias

Question 1

Rate >100 no other abnormality

Answer 1

Sinus Tachycardia:

Anxiety, Exertion, Emotion, Pain, Fever, compensation (e.g, hypovoleamic)

Question 2

Rate <60 NAD

Answer 2

Sinus Bradycarida:
Fit young adult. Sleeping, elderly.
Sick Sinus syndrome, iatrogenic, raised ICP, congenital heart defects, carotid sinus pressure, pericarditis, hypothyroidism, hypothermia

Question 3

Sinus rhythm with variable rate

Answer 3

? Sinus arrhythmia .
Rate increase with inspiration and decrease with expiration.
Can be physiological

Question 4

Variable R-R interval

wiggly baseline with no clear P waves

Answer 4

Atrial Fibrillation

Question 5

Saw tooth appearance

Answer 5

Atrial Flutter

Question 6

What is Heart block

Answer 6

disruption of conduction pathwyas between atria and ventricles

Question 7

Prolonged P-R interval (> 6 small squares)

Answer 7

1st degree heart block

Question 8

Normal cardiac cycle, progressive lengthening of P-R interval then one non- transmitted P wave

Answer 8

2nd degree Heart block

Mobitz type 1 (wenkebach phenomenon)

Question 9

periodically non-transmitted p waves

Answer 9

2nd degree heart block

Mobitz type 2

Question 10

one normal cycle then one non-conducted beat (or 2 or 3 ) giving and P P (P) QRS P P (P) QRS pattern

Answer 10

2nd Degree heart block 2:1 type

Question 11

regular P-P interval but no connection between P waves and periodic QRS complexes which occur due to escape mechanism below AV node

Answer 11

3rd Degree (complete) heart block