Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

By Smith, peer-reviewed by Interventional Cardiologist Emre Aslanger Submitted by anonymous A 53 y.o. Studies such as those by Moise et al 14 and Ellis et al 39 have shown that the relative risk of developing an acute myocardial infarction in the territory supplied by an artery with a 70%. The pain radiated to both shoulders.

Coronary 121

Coronary ACS OR EMR 121

REBEL EM

JUNE 8, 2023

Paper: Singer S, et al. 2022 Sep 5. The retrospective design of this study omitted assessment of ventricular dysrhythmias related to push dose pressor administration, as they were reliant on information in the EMR. References: Singer S, et al. 2022 2022 Sep 5. PMID: 36108346 Cole JB, et al.

Epinephrine 98

Epinephrine Emergency Department ALS Critical Care 98

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., risk ratio >1) was 4% for ROSC, 6% for 30 day survival, and 4% for survival with a favorable neurologic outcome at 30 days (Vallentin, et al.,

E-9-1-1 52

E-9-1-1 Advanced Life Support Overdose CPR 52

REBEL EM

MAY 11, 2023

5 Paper: Lebin J et al. J Med Toxicol 2022. History of liver disease, history of substance abuse disorder, and history of delirium tremens were also extracted from the hospital EMR. Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal.

Emergency Department 95

Emergency Department ED EMR OR 95

REBEL EM

MARCH 27, 2023

Paper: Owyang CG, et al. Reason for intubation, severity of illness, ARDS risk score, and ventilator settings were extracted from the electronic medical record (EMR). Data was automatically captured in the EMR so that accurate information was able to be extracted for the study. 2000 May 4; PMID: 10793162 Harvey CE, et al.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department ICU Critical Care EMR 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Written by Emre Aslanger (Emre is our newest editor. 2022 Mar-Apr;71:44-46. Epub 2022 Jan 31. Comment by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 12/18 /2022 ): = Important case with numerous diagnostic Pearls presented by Dr. Aslanger. Here are his publications.) He says that the pain intensity was 10/10 at home but now about 4/10.

EMR 40

EMR OR ALS Coronary 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Reference on Troponins: Xenogiannis I, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, et al. J Electrocardiol [Internet] 2022;Available from: [link] Cardiology opinion: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (EF 30-35%) V Fib Cardiac arrest Prolonged QTC NSTEMI (Smith comment: is it NSTEMI or is it Takotsubo? Lindahl et al. From Gue at al. References: 1.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department E-9-1-1 Coronary STEMI 52