A patient returns to the medical office after wearing a Holter monitor for 24 hours. He states that he forgot to depress the event marker when he was having chest pain due to extreme stress at the office, but he wrote this on the daily journal that he kept but forgot to note the time. Will the monitor tape be effective in this case?

A patient returns to the medical office after wearing a Holter monitor for 24 hours. He states that he forgot to depress the event marker when he was having chest pain due to extreme stress at the office, but he wrote this on the daily journal that he kept but forgot to note the time. Will the monitor tape be effective in this case?

Complete Textbook Of Phlebotomy

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Author:Hoeltke

Publisher:Hoeltke

Chapter6: Phlebotomy Technique

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