Chest Pain Circulation Dysrhythmia 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
ECG of pneumopericardium and probable myocardial contusion shows typical pericarditis Male in 30's, 2 days after Motor Vehicle Collsion, complains of Chest Pain and Dyspnea Head On Motor Vehicle Collision. Gunshot wound to the chest with ST Elevation Would your radiologist make this diagnosis, or should you record an ECG in trauma?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
I also believe that we physicians and medics are eager to treat dysrhythmias, and we want to see them even when they are not there. Dilated pupils and hypertension are a strong clue to sympathetic overload, but don't forget anticholinergic syndromes, including tricyclics! Marcus, G. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 22, 2023
He denied chest pain or shortness of breath. In the clinical context of weakness and fever, without chest pain or shortness of breath, the likelihood of Brugada pattern is obviously much higher. There were no dysrhythmias on cardiac monitor during observation. Circulation, 117, 1890–1893. [3]:
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 31, 2018
Now you have ECG and troponin evidence of ischemia, AND ventricular dysrhythmia, which means this is NOT a stable ACS. Circulation. Circulation, 137(19), p.e523. (For those of you who are accustomed to the units of high sensitivity troponin (ng/L), this is equivalent to 20,956.00 Again, cath lab was not activated. 112.105718.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 30, 2019
It was from a patient with chest pain: Note the obvious Brugada pattern. Circulation, 117, 1890–1893. [3]: The elevated troponin was attributed to either type 2 MI or to non-MI acute myocardial injury. There is no further workup at this time. Smith: Here is a case that was just texted to me today from a former resident.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
It was edited by Smith CASE : A 52-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and COPD summoned EMS with complaints of chest pain, weakness and nausea. Circulation. Circulation 67, No. Circulation 1970;41:623-627 9. The paramedic’s initial impression of the patient was that he was critically ill.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 6, 2020
This middle-aged man with no cardiac history but with significant history of methamphetamin and alcohol use presented with chest pain and SOB, worsening over days, with orthopnea. BP:143/99, Pulse 109, Temp 37.2 °C C (99 °F), Resp (!) 32, SpO2 95% On exam, he was tachypneic and had bibasilar crackles.
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