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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

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The initial blood pressure was 80/palp with a heart rate of 104, respirations 20, oxygen saturations of 94% and a finger stick blood glucose of 268. In addition, the patient received 750 mL of fluid resuscitation with transient improvement of blood pressure. NEJM 362(9):779; March 4, 2009.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

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in 2010 EM Clinics of North America (full text link) For an Exhaustive Review of Syncope and its full management outside the ED environment, go to the 2009 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines (full text pdf). Any ED systolic blood pressure less than 90 or greater than 180 mm Hg (+1) 4. Thiruganasambandamoorthy, V.,