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The Concomitant Use of Calcium and Diltiazem for Rapid Atrial Fibrillation

REBEL EM

They utilized EMR to gather comprehensive data on patients who received IV calcium and IV diltiazem, or IV diltiazem monotherapy for the treatment of patients with AF/AFL with RVR. The study was dependent on EMR documentation which is prone to error. These differences could impact the outcomes and adverse events observed in each group.

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Calcium in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

NAEMSP

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. Dhillon, G. Kleinman, M.

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

mm of ST segment elevation, V2 and V3 have 1 mm of elevation, v4 has 2 mm of elevation and v5 around 1.5 Takotsubo is a sudden event, not one with crescendo angina. Note 1: Levels were significantly lower in takotsubo that presented with T-wave inversion. Reference on Troponins: Xenogiannis I, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, et al.