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Chronotropic drugs may change the heart rate by affecting the nerves controlling the heart, or by changing the rhythm produced by the sinoatrial node. Positive chronotropes increase heart rate; however, negative chronotropes decrease heart rate.
Examples of chronotropes:
Atropine
Dopamine
Dobutamine
Epinephrine
Isuprel
I'm stuck on two medicaitons and the doctor is foreign with a fairly thick accent. He is a pulmonologist and is doing a consultation.
They sound like calceta named potassium and sequelted.
Anybody have any ideas? I don't see anything close on her med sheet in her chart. Thanks for any help you can provide. ...
I have used acute-on-chronic for years, but more recently my VR prints out acute on chronic. Did I miss something? i.e. acute-on-chronic kidney disease. ...
S/s Chronic bysacalebrium from a spina bifida.
Not sure if it starts with a B. Sounds like it definitely ends with "brium". I'm having a heck of a time finding anything remotely like it or a list of things caused by spina bifida. ...
Here are some of my observances of chronic ASR errors, though sometimes it gets it right. Most are not a biggie, but one could get marked down on an audit.
1. BiPaP. Should be BiPAP.
2. Levothyroxine. ASR capitalizes the "L" for some reason. This med is a generic for the brand Levothyroid. Should be levothyroxine.
3. FIO2. Should be FiO2.
4. Hospice. In the English dictionary, this is simply hospice. If a specific organi ...
Tonsillectomy report and it says, "She also has chronic tonsillus production?" It s/l tonsillus or tonsillis?
Does anyone know what that word could be? Thanks. ...
SOAP report, under A.
Is it transcribed as "Acute on chronic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" or "Acute on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease"? ...
Doc dictates "The patient has a history of chronic kidney disease (stage 4 to stage 5) ?!?! is that how it is transcribed per the BOS II ... I just moved and cannot locate my book for verification. ...
A 57-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease. In the Plan, dr (soft spoken with heavy accent) says "We will do a (s/l) P-urea or (s/l) Fe-urea.'' ?
Thanks very much for any help. ...
I just received my audit of five reports and in the diagnosis I put:
Acute and chronic low back pain.
I received a minor feedback and it was changed in the diagnosis to:
Acute on chronic low back pain.
Is this something new that I am not aware of? ...
Sounds like...Referral to a dermatologist for a chronic "DPSP" skin condition. Not sure if she is actually saying DPSP, but that's what it sounds like...TIA!!!! ...
Any long-time MTs (over 30 years) having chronic neck/back pain, hand pain, wrist pain, migraines, etc., ever had luck at filing a workers comp claim? ...
He has been continuing to heal from a chronic, slowly healing wound in the right "peery ancurrent" chest, which was thought to be tracheocutaneous fistula. He has been having close follow-up at the VA ENT Clinic. He continues to have a tracheostomy in place and has failed multiple capping trials. ...