2024 Coronary Emergency Department 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 17, 2024
Written by Bobby Nicholson, MD 67 year old male with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department via ambulance with midsternal nonradiating chest pain and dyspnea on exertion. Accessed May 28, 2024. What do you think? Labs obtained and notable for an elevated troponin I to 0.10
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 18, 2024
Written by Jesse McLaren A 70 year old with prior MIs and stents to LAD and RCA presented to the emergency department with 2 weeks of increasing exertional chest pain radiating to the left arm, associated with nausea. 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 27, 2024
1] But there are multiple other abnormalities that make this ECG diagnostic of Occlusion MI, localized likely to the right coronary artery: 1. Systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy of ST-segment elevation for acute coronary occlusion. Int J Cardiol 2024 2. Eur Herat J Digital Health 2024
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 13, 2024
Written by Destiny Folk, MD, Adam Engberg, MD, and Vitaliy Belyshev MD A man in his early 60s with a past medical history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department for evaluation of chest pain. 4) Lastly, the QRS amplitude in V2 (both the R- and S- waves) are measured.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 27, 2024
, tells us that we physicians do not need to even look at this ECG until the patient is placed in a room because the computer says it is normal: Validity of Computer-interpreted “Normal” and “Otherwise Normal” ECG in Emergency Department Triage Patients I reviewed this article for a different journal and recommended rejection and it was rejected.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
AUGUST 9, 2024
Written by Colin Jenkins and Nhu-Nguyen Le with edits by Willy Frick and by Smith A 46-year-old male presented to the emergency department with 2 days of heavy substernal chest pain and nausea. Serial ECGs enhance the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. Annals of Emergency Medicine , 31 (1), 3–11. link] Fesmire, F.
EMDocs
MARCH 25, 2024
2, 3 Biliary POCUS can help decrease patient length of stay in the Emergency Department. Video 3: Coronary approach to the gallbladder POCUS Findings Sonographically, the gallbladder is situated in the right upper quadrant as an elongated pear-shaped organ on the inferior surface of the liver. J Educ Teach Emerg Med.
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