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Tachycardia: Assessing the Clinical Condition Video
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- Sinus tachycardia is a common response to physiologic stress.
- Inappropriate sinus tachycardia is diagnosed when no cause can be found for sinus tachycardia.
- Tachyarrhythmias generally present with a heart rate greater than 150 beats per minute.
- It is essential that the provider assesses the patient presenting with tachyarrhythmia to ascertain their tolerance of the rhythm and what might be causing it.
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