A patient is suspected of having a cardiac arrhythmia. The nurse is concerned with the findings of an apical rate of 88 and a radial rate of 80. What is the term for the difference between these two rates?
a. Pulse pressure
b. Unequal pulses
c. Pulse deficit
d. Tachycardia
ANS: C
The difference between radial and apical pulses is called a pulse deficit.
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