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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... w/ BBB (3) SVT ... 60 (1) Sinus bradycardia ... #Bradycardia #tachyarrhythmia ... #ECG #EKG #diagnosis
Pediatric SVT - Management Algorithm
Identify SVT:
 • HR not variable
 • Abrupt rate changes
 • Infants:
Management Algorithm ... • Abrupt rate changes ... : HR > 180bpm ECG ... Monitors, Pads AP Stable ... supraventricular #tachycardia
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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Hyperkalemia shortens ... prolonged PR and QT ... diminished and ST ... #EKG #ECG #Changes ... #Progression #Table
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
Emergent Hyperkalemia ... Treatment Algorithm ... ECG changes, weakness ... ) ECG changes ... PR, wide QRS, bradycardia
Clinically Significant Cardiovascular Drug-Drug Interactions With OTC Supplements and Herbal Products
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
 • Night-blooming
hypotension and bradycardia ... hypertension and tachycardia ... Calcium Channel ... Licorice - Causes hypokalemia ... pharmacology #DDI #table
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Recurrent Polymorphic VT ... Pointes - Management Algorithm ... Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... #Polymorphic #VTach ... TDP #Management #Algorithm
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
heparinized tube) • ECG ... Peak T, flat P, ST ... Elimination (see Table ... Monitor for tachycardia ... K-Binding Resins - Exchanges
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
block; and sinus tachycardia ... Disorders: • Hyperkalemia ... dissection • Sodium-channel ... diagnosis #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram