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Is heart rate elevated during a vagal resonse to blood draw?

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NO!: The essential pathophysiology of a vagal reaction is slowing of the heart. If the heart rate has increased, it is not a vagal reaction.

Dr Weisberger and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/24/2013

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