Original articleRelative bradycardia in infectious diseases
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2021, IDCasesCitation Excerpt :History of contact with animals within a month, including not only breeding pets, but also any contact with animals, birds, and insects is needed when obtaining a patient’s history. Relative bradycardia is a common sign in patients with psittacosis and other atypical pneumoniae, such as Legionella and chlamydial pneumonias [10–12]. We took a detailed history again and revealed that the patient had cared for an injured pigeon at his home 2 weeks before hospitalization.
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2015, Journal of Infection and ChemotherapyCitation Excerpt :Cunha et al. advised that relative bradycardia is commonly observed in leptospirosis [17], but its frequency has not been reported. According to the definition of the study by Ostergaard L et al. for diagnosis of relative bradycardia [18], none of these imported cases had relative bradycardia, thus our study couldn't concur with these anecdotal symptoms associated with leptospirosis. Biphasic fever was observed in 2 patients.
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2012, American Journal of the Medical SciencesCitation Excerpt :Despite the fact that this is a well-known term, relative bradycardia in infectious diseases has been poorly defined and the underlying mechanisms are unknown. In their study, Ostergaard et al.11 concluded that relative bradycardia did not predict the likely type of infection in individual patients but that the slope of the line relating temperature and pulse was less steep in infections due to typhoid fever, Legionnaire’s disease and Chlamydia pneumonia. Relative bradycardia should not apply to patients on medications that affect the pulse (eg, beta-blockers, diltiazem, verapamil) or who have pacemaker-induced rhythm or arrhythmias 12.