What would cause the body to tremble internally during an EKG that would lead the nursing team to believe the person was cold or nervous? In fact, the trembling is uncontrollable...They would keep asking to person to lay still...when they were not moving.
2007-05-12 13:30:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
the ekg would display motion artifact with any muscle activity, wether it's a parkinsonian tremor or a patient trembling because they're nervous. the motion artifact makes the ekg have a "jagged" baseline- it's not flat like it normally would be.
it's impossible to figure out why somebody is "trembling" based on just looking at the ekg. for all you know, he could be having a seizure.
2007-05-13 05:54:26 · answer #1 · answered by belfus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
depending on what was "trembling" inside the body (organs for example)... it could be a rigidity from spasms in the muscle fibers... which could be coming from an issue in the nervous or muscular system.
2007-05-12 13:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by alicevictoria2004 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paroxysmal tachycardia.
2007-05-12 22:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parkinsonism
Benign essential tremor
Cold and/or nervousness
2007-05-13 04:03:19 · answer #4 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋