Relative Bradycardia in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Coronavirus Disease, Japan
Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Makoto Saito, Shinya Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Nagai, Eisuke Adachi
Abstract
P ulse rate usually increases 18 beats/min for each 1C increase in body temperature (1). However, in some specific infectious diseases, pulse rate does not increase as expected, a condition called relative bradycardia. High fever (temperature >39C) for patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported (2,3), but the association between fever and pulse rate has not been investigated. We investigated relative bradycardia as a characteristic clinical feature in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19.
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BradycardiaCoronavirusDiseaseMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Internal medicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Heart rateBlood pressureOutbreakCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesLong-Term Effects of COVID-19Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias