Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 12, 2020

The cardiac monitor showed sinus rhythm but the automatic blood pressure cuff was not reading. While calling for some help and arranging to have her transported to our critical care zone, I got this quick ultrasound which confirmed my suspicion: This quick view was all I was able to obtain in the circumstances.

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Pericarditis Hospital Ultrasound Blood Pressure 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 5, 2022

On arrival in the ED, he was hypotensive with a systolic blood pressure in the 70s. He was admitted to the ICU and transferred emergently to a facility where he could undergo emergent dialysis as a part of further evaluation and management. Fluid resuscitation was initiated. Here is the initial ED ECG: What do you think?

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Chest Pain Bradycardia Cardiac Arrest STEMI 52

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 22, 2024

However, the usefulness of an ICU-based model to predict latent shock risk in an emergency department (ED) setting remains unclear. An adult noninvasive model was constructed based on the MIMIC-IV-ICU v3.0 Multiple regression analysis of the MIMIC-IV-ICU and MIMIC-IV-ED datasets showed mostly similar characteristics.

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ICU Critical Care Blood Pressure Research 52