Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

See these publications for more information Overall, management for cardiac contusion is mostly supportive unless surgical complications develop, involving appropriate treatment of dysrhythmias and hemodynamic instability. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. 2015, March 1). Myocardial contusion in an 8-year-old boy. Cramer, M.

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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. Circulation, 117, 1890–1893. [3]:

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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. Circulation 2008;117(14):1897-907. Dilated pupils and hypertension are a strong clue to sympathetic overload, but don't forget anticholinergic syndromes, including tricyclics! Pollan S, Tadjziechy M.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Similarly, there have been case reports of patients who were taking beta blockers to control dangerous heart rhythm disturbances and when the beta blocker was abruptly stopped it led to precipitation of ventricular dysrhythmias and even in some cases death. This is termed as ‘Acute beta blocker withdrawal syndrome’.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

So the real QT is shorter, but the computer does not mention the U-wave, and the U-wave is as important as the T-wave in predicting cardiac dysrhythmias. mEq of K pushed fast and circulated theoretically would raise serum K immediately by 1.0 This is an extremely dangerous ECG. The K returned at 1.9 This is extremely low for DKA.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2016

Could the dysrhythmias have been prevented? mEq of K pushed fast and circulated theoretically would raise serum K immediately by 1.0 Severe hypokalemia in the setting of STEMI or dysrhythmias is life-threatening and needs very rapid treatment. Since it takes some time (how long?) mEq/L, and 10 mEq would increase it by 3.3

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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.

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