Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

His temperature was brought back to normal over time in the ICU. C), with Cardiac Echo -- A Pathognomonic ECG. Norepinephrine was started, and another ECG was recorded: The patient was rewarmed with external rewarming, heated humidified air via ventilator circuit, warm IV fluid, and Arctic sun device. He did well and was discharged.

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Cardiac Arrest Blog Atrial Fibrillation Bradycardia 138

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.

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Ischemia Chest Pain Cardiac Arrest Blog 120

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Edited by Bracey, Meyers, Grauer, and Smith A 50-something-year-old female with a history of an unknown personality disorder and alcohol use disorder arrived via EMS following cardiac arrest with return of spontaneous circulation. The described rhythm was an irregular, wide complex rhythm.

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Tachycardia Cardiac Arrest ICU Blood Pressure 128

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 23, 2024

This was interpreted by the treating clinicians as not showing any evidence of ischemia. Given the presentation, the cardiologist stented the vessel and the patient returned to the ICU for ongoing critical care. He was intubated in the field and sedated upon arrival at the hospital. Two subsequent troponins were down trending.

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Chest Pain Cardiac Arrest Sudden Cardiac Death Stents 116

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Normally, concavity in ST segments suggests absence of anterior ischemia (though concavity by itself is not reassuring - see this study ). Fortunately, he was extubated several days later in the ICU with intact baseline mental status and was discharged shortly thereafter to subacute rehab. How likely is it that this patient has LVH? (ie

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Chest Pain Myocardial Infarction Cardiac Arrest Ischemia 52

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. Steve, what do you think of this ECG in this Cardiac Arrest Patient?" HyperKalemia with Cardiac Arrest. The QRS is narrow and T waves are much less peaked.

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