Monitor 'asystole' artefact in a stable patient

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Teaching point

A monitor alarm showing brief asystole after normal complexes in a clinically stable patient with normal BP and no new symptoms is most likely artefact - assess the patient (who looks well) rather than reflexively giving drugs.

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