A client presents in the emergency department with complaints of lightheadedness, dizziness, and shortness of breath
The cardiac monitor shows the client to be in atrial fibrillation with a ventricular rate of 156. Which finding from the client's history is least likely to have resulted in this rhythm disorder?
1. Hypertension
2. Type II diabetes
3. Congestive heart failure
4. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Hypertension is associated with dysrhythmias.
Rationale 2: Diabetes mellitus is associated with dysrhythmias.
Rationale 3: Congestive heart failure is associated with dysrhythmias.
Rationale 4: Benign prostatic hyperplasia does not promote dysrhythmias.
Global Rationale: Benign prostatic hyperplasia does not promote dysrhythmias. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and congestive heart failure are associated with dysrhythmias.
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