Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

ECG #1 Interpretation: ECG #1 shows sinus rhythm at a heart rate of 77 bpm. Following more detailed questioning — it turned out the patient had started taking 9 different herbal remedies to ease lethargy and unspecific neurological symptoms. For clarity in Figure-1 — I've reproduced the initial ECG in today's case.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 17, 2024

After Meshram et al, 2020 When Orbeez are exposed to water, the water molecules diffuse into the polymer network through osmosis. Image adapted from Mullens et al., After Darracq et al., A recent literature review by Caré et al. Zamora et al., From Mullens et al., His abdominal X-ray looked a lot like this.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Answer : Brugada Syndrome Epidemiology and Etiology Rare genetic disorder that affects approximately 1 in 5,000 individuals worldwide 1. More common in males than females, with a male-to-female ratio of approximately 8:1 1. Type 1 “Brugada sign” The only type that is considered diagnostic.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

2012): 865-872. Manaresi, E. Hoelzer, Karin, et al. Pt 9 (2008): 2280. 2012): e1002666. History Biology Allison, Andrew B., “Role of multiple hosts in the cross-species transmission and emergence of a pandemic parvovirus.” ” Journal of virology 86.2 Heegaard, E.D. and Brown, K.E., Young, N.S.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

Epidemiology 1 to 2.4 cases per 100,000 people ( Zimmerli 2010 ) More common in males with M:F of 3:1 Rate is also increasing due to increased number of spinal procedures Typically affects adults, with most cases occurring in patients over 50 years old. Other pathogens include: E. PMID: 26316526 Boody B, et al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Written by Willy Frick A man in his 50s with a history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and prior inferior OMI status post DES to his proximal RCA 3 years prior presented to the emergency department at around 3 AM complaining of chest pain onset around 9 PM the evening prior. ECG 1 What do you think? Grines, C.

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MAY 11, 2024

CT head without contrast 1 is performed and reveals the following: Question: What is the diagnosis? Rosh Review Website Link Further Reading: FOAMed: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] References : Turi B, Smith D, Kusel K, et al. Updated November 9, 2023. link] Sharma R, Gaillard F, Bell D, et al.

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FOAMfrat

MAY 19, 2024

While transporting to the emergency department, the patient’s mother informed me that PDCD affects less than 1 in 50,000 individuals and is more common in males than females. The patient will thank you for it; we are only human. References 1. Ostergaard E, Moller LB, Kalkanoglu-Sivri HS, et al. 2012 Jan.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 22, 2023

A prior ECG from 1 month ago was available: The presentation ECG was interpreted as STEMI and the patient was transferred emergently to the nearest PCI center. Patients that develop a Type 1 pattern without any precipitating or provoking factors have a risk of SCD of 0.5-0.8% per year incidence of SCD in this cohort [1].

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EMDocs

JANUARY 17, 2024

1) There are a limited number of antitussives on the US market which include benzonatate, codeine, dextromethorphan, diphenhydramine, and hydrocodone. 9) The safety announcement highlighted the mortality risk of exploratory ingestions in children under 10 years. 5) From 2012 to 2019, pediatric benzonatate prescribing soared by 62%. (9)

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AUGUST 22, 2024

1 However, we recognize that many patients prefer to speak a language other than English regardless of their English proficiency, and this does not indicate a deficiency. 9 Less likely to be satisfied with their care and have a lower understanding of their discharge instructions. Lion KC, et al. Regenstein M, et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Coverage of the 6-in-1 vaccine measured at 12 months of age in England for Q4 2023 to 2024 Source: ONS under the Open Government License v3.0 Young infants and immunosuppressed individuals are particularly at risk of severe disease, resulting in significant morbidity and associated mortality rates of 1-3 per 1,000 cases.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 18, 2024

The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne summarises them in an easy-to-follow flow diagram (figure 1). Typical HUS has a diarrheal prodrome, usually caused by an infection with a Shiga-toxin-producing E. Blood tests Urine Stool Full blood count with blood film Urinalysis Stool MC&S Coagulation Urine MC&S E.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 29, 2023

A study of teams over a 1-year period highlights that people witnessing incivility are also affected, which could lead to individuals feeling unsupported in their teams. 2021:36:1–2, NP448–NP473 Available at. Review of Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge, by Wenger E, McDermott R, Snyder WM].

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To me, it was clearly atrial flutter with 1:1 conduction. Continue Eliquis 5mg BID, should be continued for 3 months == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 9/18 /2024 ): == I found the following aspects of today's case of special interest. Why did Dr. Smith immediately say the rhythm was AFlutter with 1:1 AV conduction?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A radiograph is shown (see figure 1). LEARN MORE The most common nerve blocks in this study are shown in Table 1. 1–4 Emergency physicians commonly prescribe opioid pain medications, and there is significant variability among prescribing patterns. In the January issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine , Merz-Herrara, et al.,

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

2005): 1-6. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society , 25 (1), pp.37-45. “Insecticide toxicology, mammalian toxicity of 1-naphthyl-N-methylcarbamate (Sevin insecticide).” Stewart, Nelson E., “Acute toxicity of the insecticide Sevin® and its hydrolytic product 1-naphthol to some marine organisms.”

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FOAMfrat

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As reported within the 6th edition Manual of Emergency Airway Management, there are cardiac arrest rates between 1% and 4%, with other complications (mostly hypoxemia and hypotension) as high as 30% in patients with first-pass success [1, pg 29; 4-10]. And according to a paper from Russotto et al. So, how do we do it?

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ECG & Echo Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Most agents exhibit both vasopressor and inotropic effects (Figure 1). μg/kg/min Bolus : 1 mg IV every 3 to 5 min (max 0.2 mg/kg) IM: (1:1000): 0.1 mg (max 1 mg) Safe for peripheral use ++ + N/A Beta-effect more pronounced at low doses. References Overgaard, Dzavik et al. Jentzer et al. Circulation 2011.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

The pattern of STE and STD reminded us of Brugada Type 1 morphology. Smith comment: 1) Brugada ECG may have ST shifts in limb leads as well as precordial leads. Patients that develop a Type 1 pattern without any precipitating or provoking factors have a risk of SCD of 0.5-0.8% per year incidence of SCD in this cohort [1].

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

New England Journal of Medicine, 355(1), pp.51-65. Nature reviews Disease primers, 1(1), pp.1-20. Lee, Carrie, et al. Craythorne, E. and Al-Niami, F., 2012): 114. International journal of dermatology, 49(9), pp.978-986. Public Health Research & Practice, 32(1). Miller, A.J.

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NAEMSP

JANUARY 5, 2023

1] The Adult Cardiac Arrest ACLS algorithm currently includes epinephrine and either amiodarone or lidocaine as recommended pharmacologic therapies. al answered this question with a prospective observational study which showed a significantly shorter time interval to obtain tibial IO access (4.6 1] Table from Hamam et al.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

Current AHA guidelines do not recommend routine use of calcium in cardiac arrest (Panchal, et al., Calcium acts as a vasopressor and inotropic agent (Lindqwister, et al., This CI does include 1; and further and further analysis of the data showed that the likelihood that calcium has a beneficial effect (e.g.

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AAEM RSA

AUGUST 27, 2020

1 The primary goal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is to optimize coronary perfusion pressure and maintain systemic perfusion in order to prevent neurologic and other end-organ damage while working to achieve ROSC. Nielsen N, Wetterslev J, Cronberg T et al. By the time of the study by Nielsen et al. Kirkegaard et al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 3, 2017

There are two main etiologies of ischemic ST-depression: 1) subendocardial ischemia 2) reciprocal to ST-elevation in an opposite wall Here there are distinct R-waves with marked ST-depression throughout most of the precordium. Tips for recognizing Acute Posterior STEMI: 1. References: 1. O'Gara et al. O'Gara et al.

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FOAMfrat

JULY 1, 2023

Their recommendation, as I can tell, appears to come from two things: A paper by Levin NM et al. In fact, Herbstritt 2012, identified that there was "no significant difference to time to intubate, intubating conditions, or intubating success rate when using 1 to 1.2 mg/kg Rocuronium versus 1 to 1.5 E1, March 01, 2012.

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Article: Drekonja DM et al. Conducted at 2 US Veterans Affairs medical centers from 2012–2019. Approx 1 in 4 (23%) patients with a urine culture had no bacterial growth, which may dilute any effect of treatment duration or choice of agent. Approx 1 in 4 patients (23%) with a urine culture had no growth. 2017;15(1):70.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Paper: Hallifax RJ et al. Patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to treatment with either an ambulatory device or standard guideline-based management (aspiration, standard chest tube insertion, or both). Patients were observed for 1-2 hours for clinical stability, and placement was confirmed with a chest x-ray.

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MARCH 13, 2023

Article : Vianen NJ et al. The search contained terms for (1) prehospital cardiac arrest or prehospital advanced life support, and (2) injuries and trauma. Grasner 2011; Zwingmann 2012) Their data pools overlap considerably with previous studies; it would have been concerning if the data differed significantly. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

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ECG Medical Training

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Cardiac Care Show – Episode #1: Mechanical CPR Hello, and welcome to the Cardiac Care Show. When this was first studied by Yost et al. in 2012, researchers discovered that the median application time was 32.5 References Levy M, Yost D, Walker RG, Scheunemann E, Mendive SR. Perkins GD, Lall R, Quinn T, et al.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

1-3 Despite its commonality it retains a relatively high rate of complications overall and patients frequently present to the ED for evaluation. 9=11 70% monomicrobial, 25% poly-microbial, 5% culture-negative. 9=11 70% monomicrobial, 25% poly-microbial, 5% culture-negative. 2012 Sep;3(3):107-20. 2020 Sep 30;5(9):558-567.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

She describes the pain as left-sided, non-radiating, and 9/10 in severity. Answer: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy 1-18 Background: Also known as transient apical ballooning syndrome, apical ballooning cardiomyopathy, stress-induced cardiomyopathy, stress cardiomyopathy, Gebrochenes-Herz syndrome, and broken-heart syndrome.

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OCTOBER 5, 2024

Answer : ESBL-producing organisms Background 1-3 Extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) are enzymes produced by certain bacteria that can break down a broad range of beta-lactam antibiotics. 3 Epidemiology 4-8 ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) have been reported worldwide. ceftriaxone, cefepime).

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JULY 3, 2023

9 Delayed NCHCT is less sensitive due to decreased visibility of blood collection secondary to red blood cell (RBC) degradation. 12 A few studies have shown that phenytoin with a loading dose of 1 g decreases seizure incidence in spontaneous SAH. 2022 Jan;39(1-2):35-48. Avest E, Taylor S, Wilson M, et al.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Introduction Arterial blood gas (ABG) or venous blood gas (VBG) testing is used to assess the pH and systemic carbon dioxide tension in patients, and, therefore, provide a more complete picture of their acid-base status than an isolated basic metabolic panel (BMP) (1). However, ABGs have many drawbacks compared to VBGs.

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MAY 21, 2024

” Neurol Asia 9 (2004): 59-63. and Al Masud, H.A., Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. and De Wit, E., Chua, Kaw Bing, et al. Daszak, Peter, et al. Bertherat, E., Epidemiology and Infection 147, e95, 1–6. link] 10.1017/S0950268819000086 Hauser, Naomi, et al.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

9 Being bilingual is often not enough to be a medical interpreter, which requires precision, experience, and knowledge of medical jargon, as well as culturally specific idioms and phrases. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, et al. Ginde A, Sullivan A, Corel B, at al. Benda NC, Bisantz AM, Butler R, et al.

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