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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 ... QRS complex, the PR ... #Clinical #EM #IM
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 ... QRS complex, the PR ... #Clinical #EM #IM
Mobitz II heart block is characterized on a surface ECG by intermittently nonconducted P waves not
block is characterized ... not preceded by PR ... not followed by PR ... II blocks. ... #Clinical #EM #IM
Pacemaker Placement Indications
Class I:
 • Third degree block
 • Advanced 2nd degree block
 • Symptomatic Mobitz
I or II • Mobitz ... Class II: • Mobitz ... LBBB with syncope Class ... arrest, prolonged PR ... • Reversible causes
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Summary of Heart Blocks ... • Prolonged PR ... Treatment 2nd Degree, Mobitz ... . 2nd Degree, Mobitz ... HeartBlocks #Types #Classification
Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification:
CLASS 1 - Sodium Channel Blockers:
 • MOA: Block fast Na+ channels
Vaughan Williams Classification ... depolarization • ↑ PR ... velocity) - ↑ PR ... #Pharmacology #Classification ... #Classes #pathophysiology
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes #Nausea #Vomiting #Differential #NonGI
Causes of Nausea ... - Differential Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Causes #Nausea ... Differential #NonGI #Algorithm
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
PR interval ... Type I aka Mobitz ... type II (aka Mobitz ... There is constant PR ... electrocardiogram #classification
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
1º - long PR intervals ... 200ms from longer pause ... 2º - Mobitz I ... successively longer PR ... II / Mobitz - ,
Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification
Class I (Ia, Ib, Ic) - Na+ Channel Blockade
 • Slows depolarization
Vaughan Williams Classification ... rate and prolongs PR ... rate and prolongs PR ... VaughanWilliams #Classification ... #Classes #cardiology