Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
He had multiple cardiac arrests with ROSC regained each time. Then there is loss of pulses with continued narrow complex on the monitor ("PEA arrest") Learning Points: Sudden witnessed Cardiac Arrest due to ACS is almost always due to dysrhythmia. This patient arrested shortly after hospital arrival.
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JANUARY 11, 2024
Imge courtesy of Won-Young Kim from Chung-Ang University milla1cf Thu, 01/11/2024 - 08:30 January 11, 2024 — Acute cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19 , such as heart failure, thrombosis, and dysrhythmia, are associated with increased mortality.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2019
If cardiac arrest from hypokalemia is imminent (i.e., Here is another post on hypoK: Patient with severe DKA, look at the ECG In this post, I discussed another patient I took care of : Prehospital Cardiac Arrest due to Hypokalemia I recently had a case of prehospital cardiac arrest that turned out to be due to hypokalemia.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 22, 2023
There were no dysrhythmias on cardiac monitor during observation. This discussion comes from this previous post: Hyperthermia and ST Elevation Discussion Brugada Type 1 ECG changes are associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and the occurrence of ventricular dysrhythmias. He was found to be influenza positive.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 30, 2019
The limb lead abnormalities appear to be part of the Brugada pattern, as described in this article: Inferior and Lateral Electrocardiographic RepolarizationAbnormalities in Brugada Syndrome Discussion Brugada Type 1 ECG changes are associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and the occurrence of ventricular dysrhythmias.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
NOTE #3: In the context of a long QTc or ischemia — the finding of ST segment and/or T wave alternans may predict the occurrence of malignant ventricular arrhythmias.
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