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PEA - Assessment and Management - Narrow vs Wide Complex QRS - Credit: SMACCBYTE 1st Place
vs Wide Complex QRS ... Evaluation #Assessment #NarrowComplex ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #QRS
Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia differential:

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #EKG #ECG #WideComplex #Tachycardia #Differential #Algorithm
Wide QRS Complex ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #WideComplex ... #Differential #Algorithm
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Definition and Causes ... > 100 bpm and QRS ... sec • Aka Wide QRS ... bizarre baseline QRS ... #differential #causes
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
blockers which cause ... QRS widening. ... Adriamycin #QRS ... #widening #ECG ... #EKG #Pharmacology
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
 - At
repolarization causes ... in conduction causes ... to 10.0 mEq/L, QRS ... #Hyperkalemia #EKG ... #ECG #Changes #
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
case of a 50-year-old ... distinguishing QRS ... can see that the QRS ... #Tachycardia #EKG ... #Cardiology #EKG
ECG characteristics of early repolarization
 - The ST segment elevations are concave and most pronounced in
repolarization is the end-QRS ... slurring or end-QRS ... - The end-QRS ... slur and end-QRS ... In case of chest
Vereckie Algorithm - Lead aVR - Ventricular Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
WCT is VT IF:
 • Initial
Vereckie Algorithm ... downstroke of negative QRS ... #Vereckie #Algorithm ... diagnosis #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #telemetry
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Control rate (e.g ... Treat underlying cause ... Treat underlying cause ... #Stable #NarrowComplex ... management #cardiology #algorithm
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Causes of Tachycardia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... SVT with wide QRS ... SVT with wide QRS ... #Causes #cardiology