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Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
If see flutter p ... • Atrial Flutter ... see P, either Flutter ... If not Flutter P ... #wide #narrow #algorithm
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tachycardia • Aflutter ... interval) • AFib ... • AFIutter ... #causes
ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
ECG Basics - Atrial ... MedStudent #EKG #Atrial ... #SVT #Comparison ... #Table #AFib #AFlutter ... MAT #WAP #WPW #SVT
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Causes of Tachycardia ... flutter • AV ... flutter with variable ... • Regular SVT ... • Irregular SVT
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Differential Diagnosis Table ... vs SVT (AVNRT, ... OAVRT, AFIutter) ... > SVT+conduction ... > AFIutter + variable
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
/flutter - DANGER ... flutter (3) ... SVTs - atrial/junctional ... absent P (2) A flutter ... 200ms from longer pause
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
flutter, ectopic ... Treat underlying cause ... Irregular Rhythm ... flutter or MAT ... management #cardiology #algorithm
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
irregular rhythms ... flutter, or atrial ... fibrillation/flutter ... & termination: SVT ... /Vfib/Afib/WPW)
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
1) Rate - Regular ... Count-Off - Irregular ... Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... Flutter PR Interval ... diagnosis #system #cheatsheet