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Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Treatment Of Recurrent TdP ... Prevents future TdP ... treat current TdP ... VentricularTachycardia #TorsadesdePointes ... #TDP #Management
QT/QTc- Interval
•	Start of Q-wave to end of the T-wave (time of ventricular depolarization + repolarization).
•	Life threatening
Torsades de pointes (TdP ... increase in risk for TdP ... of developing TdP ... QTInterval #QTc #Torsadesdepointes ... #TdP #Bazettformula
A better approach to Torsades de Pointes - Algorithm and Magnesium Infusion Protocol

#TorsadesdePointes #Algorithm #Magnesium #Infusion
Infusion Protocol #TorsadesdePointes ... Infusion #Protocol #TorsadesDePointes
Cardiac Magnesium Infusion Protocol - Torsades de Pointes

#Magnesium #Infusion #Protocol #TorsadesDePointes #Management
Infusion #Protocol #TorsadesDePointes
Torsades de pointes seen on 12 lead EKG. 

#Torsades #Torsadesdepointes #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram #Emergency #Cardiology #Polymorphic
#Torsades #Torsadesdepointes
Torsades de Pointes 
•Precipitated by drugs that prolong the QT interval 
•Class IA antidysrhythmics (procainamide, quinidine)
hypokalemia) #TorsadesDePointes
Torsades de Pointes
• "Twisting of the pointes" 
• QRS axis swings from positive to negative direction
Hypokalemia #TorsadesDePointes
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
Microangiopathy - TTP ... implications : TTP ... confirmatory testing for TTP ... thrombocytopenic #purpura #TTP
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) vs Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
#Diagnosis #TTP #DIC #Comparison #Table #Laboratory #Findings #RebelEM
Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP ... ) #Diagnosis #TTP
Torsades de Pointes (TdP): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia initiated by PVC in the setting
Torsades de Pointes (TdP ... Torsades #dePointes #TdP