Your Patient in Atrial Fibrillation Has a Heart Rate of 108

question 125

Multiple Choice

Your patient in atrial fibrillation has a heart rate of 108 on the monitor, but her radial pulse is 88. The patient is experiencing:

• A) paradoxical pulse.
• B) pulsus obliterans.
• C) pulse deficit.
• D) pulsus alternans.

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