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The Concomitant Use of Calcium and Diltiazem for Rapid Atrial Fibrillation

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Impact of intravenous calcium with diltiazem for atrial fibrillation/flutter in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. What They Did: Researchers conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study in three community hospitals and two freestanding emergency departments. Article: Rossi N et al.

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

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mm of ST segment elevation, V2 and V3 have 1 mm of elevation, v4 has 2 mm of elevation and v5 around 1.5 Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting." Note 1: Levels were significantly lower in takotsubo that presented with T-wave inversion.

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Calcium in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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Additionally, low ionized calcium levels have been correlated with increasing mortality in sepsis and other critical illnesses in adults and children (Bora, Ramazan, Oznur, Emre, & Basar, 2021), (Sanchez, et al., References: 1. Ramazan, K., S., & Basar, C. Journal of Acute Disease, 10 (6), 247-251.

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