The nurse caring for a patient on lidocaine to increase ventricular conduction is alarmed when assessments reveal:
1. a slowed ventricular rate.
2. occasional PVCs.
3. increase in temperature to 102ยบ F.
4. nausea and vomiting.
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A temperature rate that goes up drastically indicates an adverse reaction to lidocaine, ma-lignant hyperthermia. The slowed ventricular rate, even with occasional PVCs, is an ex-pected outcome of lidocaine infusion.
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