https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/29198/pulse-width Heya, I&#39;ve come across the term pulse width when doing up a critical care hospital sheet and I&#39;m unsure of what it is or how to monitor it? Any ideas? Thanks Shauna en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/163468?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:26:54 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:ce6323da-37ad-4a47-9fe1-4c6137fcbe38Emmacampbell<p>came across an article that mentions pulse width. Crops up at question 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.vetgo.com/cardio/concepts/concsect.php?sectionkey=2">http://www.vetgo.com/cardio/concepts/concsect.php?sectionkey=2</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/163464?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:11:37 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:9b5c280d-8654-4bb9-813f-82e8b92fc51fJames Colver Cert. Ed, RVN<p>Difficult to find info!&nbsp; I took it to mean time between apex heartbeat and palpating the pulse but I could be totally barking up the wrong tree!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/163294?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:06:32 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:f3a7ad99-d642-47c0-b110-0194a1faa06aNick Shackleton <p>This is a definition I&#39;ve found: &#39; The length of time between the rise and the decay of a single pulse is called the pulse duration or pulse width&#39; So to me pulse width is the characteristic of the pulse. For example, strong, weak, thready, bounding, or irregular regular (sinus arrhythmia).</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/163283?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:44:46 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a8b11731-91e7-4020-8414-17141e277c5aPSA-David<p>correct me if I am wrong. is this not to do with the EGC machine and the actual space between two peaks on a trace?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>