Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

ECG#1 There is a regular tachycardia with a ventricular rate of about 180 bpm. Smith comment : When there is a regular wide complex tachycardia, first assess whether it is sinus or not. Is it sinus or is it a supraventricular dysrhythmia? Put shortly is SVT with "Shark Fin STE" and not ventricular tachycardia.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I find AV dissociation in VT to be very difficult to differentiate from artifact, as there are always random blips on tachycardia tracings. If you don't know what the dysrhythmia is, then try procainamide. Read this post: Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardias for the EM Physician 2. Ken notes AV dissociation. What to do now?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 5, 2020

Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia 2. Atrial dysrhythmias, and atrial fi brillation in particular, are frequently misdiagnosed by computer algorithms and then by the physician who overreads them. The rhythm is indeed irregularly irregular, so atrial fibrillation must be considered. Sinus with multifocal PACs 3. Sinus with multifocal PVCs 4.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

If the patient has Abnormal Vital Signs (fever, hypotension, tachycardia, or tachypnea, or hypoxemia), then these are the primary issue to address, as there is ongoing pathology which must be identified. Academic Emergency Medicine., Academic Emergency Medicine, 2003 Volume 10, Number 5 539-540. Thiruganasambandamoorthy, V.,

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