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Tachycardia vs Tachycardiac - OkieMT53
Posted: Nov 12, 2013
Greetings MTs! I do QA for two hospitals and ran across the word 'tachycardiac'. At first I thought it was a typo, but later it turns out it was not. Is this an older form of the word tachycardic? Even when googling tachycardiac, the results show tachycardia or tachycardic. I did find an entry from englishforums.com that explained tachycardiac as an adjective only and tachycardic as both adjective and noun (?!). Please advise!
Many thanks in advance.
QA should own a dictionary to refer to - research
[ In Reply To ..]The difference between the two words is in its use.
Steadman's Medical Dictionary 27th Edition:
tachycardia: Rapid beating of the heart, conventionally applied to rates over 90 beats/min.
tachycardic: Relating to rapid heart rate.
tachycardiac: Relating to or suffering from excessively rapid action of the heart.
Tachycardia vs Tachycardiac - OkieMT53
[ In Reply To ..]"QA should own a dictionary to refer to". I'll pass your snarky answer on to my department head, who would purchase any and all materials I desire IF she could get it approved by the powers that be. :-) Not happening these days.
Otherwise, thanks for the definitions.
is that code for - edited due to snarkism NM
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Well... - see msg
[ In Reply To ..]Docs have sort of made up the word tachycardiac in some cases. Below examples should explain it all.
Patient is tachycardic.
Patient has tachycardia.
Patient is a tachycardiac.
Does it qualify as a made-up word if there is - Bad Rabbit
[ In Reply To ..]actually an entry for that specific word in a reputable medical dictionary? Not intended as snarky, just asked in the interest of conversation. There are actually listings for all three words in Stedman's. None of the definitions is listed as archaic.
With the definitions as listed it appears all of the following would be acceptable:
The patient has a history of tachycardia.
The patient's heart rate was tachycardic.
The patient is a tachycardiac white male.
It appears from the definitions ( posted above by another) that the addition of "suffering from" in the definition of the latter would make tachycardiac the more appropriate word when referring to the patient while tachycardic would specifically refer to the heart itself with tachycardia being the name for the condition itself.
Just tossin' it out there. :)
Bad Rabbit wins the thinking award :) - research - nm
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Why, thank you, Research :) - Bad Rabbit - nm
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