Effect of stress on cardiac rhythm in interns

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Old, but still interesting. I feel like this in UG already.

 

The effect of stress and fatigue on cardiac rhythm in medical interns.

 

Abstract

Twenty-four-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring was used to determine the incidence of arrhythmia while on-call and its relationship to stress and fatigue in 20 healthy medical interns... The authors conclude that (1) rapid sinus tachycardia is frequent in interns while on-call and (2) interns experiencing greater stress and fatigue have more APB/h, VPB/h, and higher grade ventricular ectopy. These data support the notion that stress and fatigue may contribute to arrhythmia in healthy normal subjects.

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1402519