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An Unusual Bradycardia

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. = Dr. Smith was reading ECGs — and he sent myself and Dr. Meyers the tracing shown in Figure-1. Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. Our Initial Thoughts on the ECG in Figure-1: Dr. Meyers said the following: "I see 2 different atrial foci — one sinus and one ectopic. At the time we did not yet know the history.

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ToxCard: Naloxone – Pearls and Pitfalls

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Background: Fentanyl has contributed to a significant increase in drug overdose deaths in recent years. 1 Most heroin in the United States actually contains fentanyl and fentanyl analogs. Naloxone reverses the analgesic, respiratory, sedative , and miotic e ffects of opioids. 6 Image 1: Structure of naloxone.