Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2016

Bedside ultrasound showed no effusion and moderately decreased LV function, with B-lines of pulmonary edema. Could the dysrhythmias have been prevented? Severe hypokalemia in the setting of STEMI or dysrhythmias is life-threatening and needs very rapid treatment. He appeared to be in shock. Learning Points: 1. mmol/L, 0.9 +/- 0.4

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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. Dilated pupils and hypertension are a strong clue to sympathetic overload, but don't forget anticholinergic syndromes, including tricyclics! Place the Left Leg electrode on the right lower costal margin.

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Tachycardia Chest Pain Pharmacology Myocardial Infarction 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

The patient was transported to the CCU for further medical optimization where a pulmonary artery catheter was placed. myocardial infarction), arrhythmias, valvular pathology, shunts, or outflow obstructions. Furthermore, a study compared patients with AS to patients without AS in acute pulmonary edema who received nitrates.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Dysrhythmia, pacer), 4) valvular heart disease, 5) FHx sudden death, 6) volume depletion, 7) persistent abnormal vitals, 8) primary CNS event __ 3) Mendu ML et al. to 1.64) for myocardial infarction or death from coronary heart disease, and 1.06 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.77 Old myocardial infarction, 6.

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