An athletic 24-year-old female has the following vitals RR 17, Temp 98.8, HR 45, BP 115/62. Is this patient symptomatic and or asymptomatic? What are some questions to ask the patient?
An athlete life style is different compared to a sedentary individuals. The exercise which they do, tends to keep the heart functional effective with a lower resting heart rate
The blood pressure remains generally lower than 120/80mmHg in a normal healthy athletic and so the pulse and it is termed to be athletic pulse. It us because of the endurance training
For a Elite athlete the resting heart rate is 40_50 beats /min
The normal respiratory rate is 16 to write breath per minute ,so this reading is normal. The temperature also is normal.
This patient will not be symptomatic because of her exercise or athletic training which leads to adequate blood supply to body via heart (normal cardiac output with less pulse ) In Athlete Heart syndrom the resting heart rate is low and BP is low ,this will not be dangerous to an athlete for an cardiac arrest compared to others
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An athletic 24-year-old female has the following vitals RR 17, Temp 98.8, HR 45, BP 115/62....
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