The nurse is taking the pulse of an adult patient and finds that the patient's heart rate is 48 . He knows that this is considered:
a. tachycardia.
b. bradycardia.
c. a normal heart rate for an infant.
d. a normal heart rate for an adult.
B
Tachycardia is an abnormally elevated heart rate, greater than 100 beats per minute in adults. Bradycardia is a slow rate, less than 60 beats per minute in adults; 120 to 160 beats per minute is a normal heart rate for an infant. The normal heart rate for an adult is 60 to 100 beats per minute.
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