What can incentive a heart rate of 40 after leading surgery?
my father has just had the top and middle lobe removed of his right lung due to a cancerous tumor. He is 78 and extremely fit prior to the op hence the surgery go ahead.He noe has a heart rate of 40 with no previous heart trouble post op.Doctors are now moving him to the Coronary component to Monitor this. he is also a diabetic.Would the pain medication cause this at the moment he is getting antibiotics also insulin and pain nouns intravenously.
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that is a high risk operation the heart rate is low should be 60 hpm it could be the medication he is taking , that is why they moved to the other unit
Diabetic neuropathy and/or surgery or injury involving the nerves suspected. Autonomic neuropathies affect the nerves that regulate essential functions, including the heart muscle and smooth muscles.
Please note that I am not a medical professional. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradycardia…
http://www.medicinenet.com/heart_rhythm_…
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bradyca…
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/…
A sudden fall to 40 might be either medication induced or a result of heart block. Source(s): GP for more years than I care to remember
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