Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

His temperature was brought back to normal over time in the ICU. Altered Mental Status, Bradycardia == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 2/2 /2024 ): == Dr. Meyers began today’s case with the clinical challenge of asking you to identify the underlying cause of ECG #2. He was extubated and had normal neurologic function.

Cardiac Arrest 135

Cardiac Arrest Blog Atrial Fibrillation Bradycardia 135

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

A prior ECG was available for comparison: Normal One might be tempted to interpret the ST depression as ischemia, but as Smith says, "when the QT is impossibly long, think of hypokalemia and a U-wave rather than T-wave." The patient was admitted to the ICU for close monitoring and electrolyte repletion and had an uneventful hospital course.

Ischemia 116

Ischemia Chest Pain Cardiac Arrest Blog 116

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 5, 2022

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. ST elevation in aVL with reciprocal ST depression in the inferior leads Shock, bradycardia, ST Elevation in V1 and V2. The QRS is narrow and T waves are much less peaked.

Chest Pain 52

Chest Pain Bradycardia Cardiac Arrest STEMI 52