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- From: rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Electrocardiogram question
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- Date: 2 Jan 93 19:59:27 GMT
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- In article <72791@cup.portal.com> amigan@cup.portal.com (Mike - Medwid) writes:
- >A friend is concerned about an electorcardiogram results she received.
- >It had the notes "irregular rythm, sinus arrythmia", "non specific S & T
- >changes" and "abnormal ECG". Numbers were:
- [intervals and axes deleted]
- >Then it says to see an MD. She is doing this next Friday (Kaiser)
-
- Why is the EKG making recommendations (such as to see a doctor)?
- Most laboratory tests I order are inanimate.
-
- Seriously, was this a computer interpreted EKG? If so, did a doctor
- order it? What was his/her interpretation? Where did the comments
- come from?
-
- Sinus arrhythmia is a normal finding and would not usually even be
- called an irregular rhythm. Non-specific ST-T changes are just
- that: non-specific. They may be normal or may mean something is
- wrong. They are a common EKG finding.
-
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- David Rind
- rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu
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