Purpose: To determine if a person with fever is showing relative bradycardia.			Citations with documentation. 06.01.08	Medal Project 2001. See disclaimer.
conversion	enter
temperaure in °C		°C equals	32	°F
data	enter
Are you evaluating a febrile patient's pulse relative to temperature? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
age of the patient in years		years
temperature in °F		°F
patient's pulse in beats per minute		beats per minute
Was the pulse taken simultaneously with the temperature? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
Does the patient have a cardiac arrythmia, second degree or third degree heart block? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
Does the patient have a pacemaker? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
calculate	result
data complete?	Yes
evaluation appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
Does the patient meet criteria for using the pulse-temperature deficit?	Yes
expected pulse for temperature in beats per minute	130	beats per minute
Does the patient show a relative bradycardia?	Yes
Consider the following:
:-):-):-)
• Legionnaires' disease
• psittacosis
• Q fever
• typhoid fever
• typhus
• malaria
• babesiosis
• leptospirosis
• yellow fever
• dengue fever
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• beta-blockers
• CNS lesions
• malignant lymphoma
• factitious fever
• drug-related fever