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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 010 | Cardiac disease in pregnancy

Emergency Medicine Ireland

Well, most commonly we’re going to see ACS. Pregnancy itself with its bump in plasma volume, reduced Hb and increased cardiac output is like one long exercise stress test. What can we expect to see in terms of cardiac disease? Valve disease provides the most interesting part of obstetric care.

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A comatose patient with a carbon monoxide level over 50%

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

It was shown to me with worry for ischemic ST elevation, which is certainly possible from severe CO toxicity, or concomitant ACS. Intravascular Neutrophil Activation Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning What do you think of this ECG? Note the BLUE arrows which highlight obvious T-QRS-D , seen here in the 3 leads with the most ST elevation.

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