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Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
Atrioventricular Blocks ... (AV blocks) - ECG ... First Degree AV Block ... bundle branch block ... aka Ventricular Standstill
Paroxysmal AV Block aka Ventricular Standstill
 • Abrupt and persistent AV block ( multiple P waves
Paroxysmal AV Block ... aka Ventricular Standstill ... persistent AV block ... • Once the block ... initiated, the block
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
and Management Algorithm ... sick sinus, AV block ... - TOX: beta-blockers ... calcium channel blockers ... #Bradycardia #Algorithm
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertension Management Algorithm ... • ACE-I (non-black ... acting) • β-blocker ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Hypertension #Management #Algorithm
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm ... Intraventricular blocks ... , fascicular blocks ... bundle branch blocks ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Reduction of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

This young man presented to the ER with a Shoulder Dislocation. He
Interscalene Nerve Block ... #physicalexam #msk
Pudendal Neuralgia
• Pudendal nerve arises from S2-S4 roots and innervates perineal structures
• Nerve is prone to
provide a nerve block ... pudendal nerve block ... Diagnosis #Radiology #MSK
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Syndrome • SA Block ... • AV Block (ISt ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management

Regular SVT: Sinus Tachycardia, AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial Flutter,
AFIb w/ variable block ... semi-recumbent position 3) Ask ... Normotensive: Beta-Blocker
The JT Interval and Pro-Arrhythmic Risk
Measured from the J-point to the end of the T-wave, the
Bundle Branch Block ... Bundle Branch Block ... with QRS ≥120 ms