{"id":366,"date":"2008-07-20T08:06:12","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T02:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.com\/pulse-deficit"},"modified":"2024-02-11T05:32:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T00:02:55","slug":"pulse-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/pulse-deficit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulse deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Pulse deficit<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pulse deficit or pulse apex deficit is the difference between simultaneously counted heart rate and pulse rate. This usually occurs in atrial fibrillation. When heart beats are very fast and irregular as in atrial fibrillation, some of the beats are not strong enough to open the aortic valve so that a pulse is not felt.<\/p>\n<p>This occurs usually when there is a short cardiac cycle with little time for diastolic filling of the ventricle. Highly premature ectopic beats can also produce pulse deficit for the same reason. A deficit of more than 10 per minute is more likely in atrial fibrillation. The deficit will become lesser as the rate is controlled by medicines in atrial fibrillation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21996 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Pulse-Deficit-1024x798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Pulse-Deficit-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Pulse-Deficit-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Pulse-Deficit-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Pulse-Deficit.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Documenting the deficit used to be a tough job earlier because one is supposed to count the heart rate using a stethoscope and the pulse using fingers\u00a0<em>simultaneously\u00a0<\/em> to get the pulse deficit. But now with cardiac monitors displaying pulse waveform (<i>pulse oximetry<\/i>) and ECG simultaneously, both pulse rate (from pulse oximetry) and heart rate (from ECG) are displayed on the bed side monitor and it is very easy to calculate the pulse deficit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulse deficit Pulse deficit or pulse apex deficit is the difference between simultaneously counted heart rate and pulse rate. This usually occurs in atrial fibrillation. 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