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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
DANGER (2) Sinus ... Regular (1) Sinus ... 1ยบ - long PR intervals ... successively longer PR ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Second degree AV Block type II (aka Mobitz II)
 โ€ข There is constant PR interval (normal
Second degree AV Block ... There is constant PR ... location of the block ... Second #Degree #AVBlock ... cardiology #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Sinus pause/arrest vs Sinoatrial Block

#cardiology #diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram #sinuspause #sinoatrialblock
Sinus pause/arrest ... vs Sinoatrial Block ... diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 โ€ข The rate increases with respiration and decreases
4 Variants of Sinus ... Arrhythmia Phasic Sinus ... The P wave and PR ... presence of AV block ... diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 โ€ข Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 โ€ข Narrow
โ€ข Prolonged PR ... โ€ข Prolonged PR ... PR longest before ... PR shorted after ... Diagnosis #EKG #electrocardiogram
Hypothermia on EKG
 โ€ข J (Osborn) waves
 โ€ข PR, QRS, and QT prolongation
 โ€ข Various bradyarrythmias
Osborn) waves โ€ข PR ... bradyarrythmias (e.g. sinus ... waves #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram
Second Degree Heart Block, Mobitz Type I (Wenckebach)

P waves and QRS complexes are normal but... 
โ€ข
Second Degree Heart Block ... โ€ข PR interval ... beating" โ€ข The block ... Cardiology #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Second Degree Heart Block, Mobitz Type II

โ€ข p waves are normal 
โ€ข QRS complexes are usually
Second Degree Heart Block ... bundle branch block ... โ€ข PR intervals ... beats โ€ข The block ... Cardiology #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 โ€ข The P wave is
โ€ข PR interval ... There is constant PR ... โ€ข During sinus ... atrioventricular #blocks #AVBlock ... ecg #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
Second-degree AV block ... node.Mobitz I heart block ... prolongation of the PR ... interval on the electrocardiogram ... QRS complex, the PR