Definitely need more info. Bradying down essentially just means someone is dying. So for that patient in the ICU I'm gonna assume she has lots of possible reasons to die. Electrolytes absolutely, acid/base yes, hypoxia, hypotension, MI, PE etc etc. The list is literally endless. Brady codes are the most frequent ones I have seen usually.
For example, this morning we had a 63 yo patient that had been sinus tach since her admission a day or two ago. She was alert but not fully oriented during morning rounds. This morning, over the course of an hour, she slowly went from 115 to the 40s. She ended up bradying down and a code was called. There was a short run of vtach right before we started coding her. She ended up regaining spontaneous circulation and was moved from step down to ICU.As far as her history, I barely saw her chart. I know she was suffering from c diff and chest pain. There was critical care protocol for fentanyl and propofol but other than that I have no idea.Is this something related to electrolytes? Cardiac issues? Need more information? Her ekg strips were normal sinus tach prior to the event. Ive also seen this in other patients that were DNR where they just Bradyd to asystole. Any insight is appreciated.