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You're pretty much correct. AF is a heart rhythm abnormality, and if it persists, like it seems to here, it renders the heart unable to pump blood. It appears he might have been undergoing a prostate exam when this happened, since that's the usual reason for a digital rectal exam. You'd have to assume the doctor knew they had this condition to begin with.

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Klear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Digital here means “using fingers” rather than “not analog”, right?

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- Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Would the reverse be to use the anal-log?
  
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  - socsa@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Most people can't handle that without a digital warmup first
    
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skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
And “sinus rhythm” in this case would be… normal sinusoidal heart function, right?

Incredible. Thanks for the translation.

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- icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I thought hearts went ‘lub dub’ instead of ‘wee woo’ - I would’ve said it’s more tangent or some transformed Gaussian at best?
  
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Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Why is heart rhythm abbreviated to AF and not HR or something?

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- medgremlin@midwest.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  HR is “Heart Rate” and AF is “Atrial Fibrillation”. “Heart Rate” is just how many times the heart beats in a minute. “Atrial Fibrillation” is an abnormal rhythm of the heart beat and the rate at which the heart beats in AFib can be normal or fast.
  
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Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Oh man, I thought “AF” meant “as fuck” like it usually does on the internet.

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Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Nope. If I recall correctly all other interventions failed, so this was a hail Mary that happened to work

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- chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You recall incorrectly. It was a check for GI bleed prior to anticoagulant administration prior to cardioversion. They were literally running through pre-procedure tests in order to do the standard treatment for AF.
  
  Source: The paper itself
  
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