I find atropine to be rather sneaky. In some patients it brings about a modest increase in HR at low doses. In others, they skyrocket. Also, if I were to use it in this patient it would be worked in very slowly -- but therein lies another problem, the so called " paradoxic effect" of low dose atropine.
If I was going to raise this patients HR with drugs, it would likely be with robinul, to keep the anticholinergic out of the brain and because I'm more comfortable with its effects.
But I still like electricity. And I'm stubborn.
If I was going to raise this patients HR with drugs, it would likely be with robinul, to keep the anticholinergic out of the brain and because I'm more comfortable with its effects.
But I still like electricity. And I'm stubborn.