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Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
Arrhythmias on ... atrial rhythm & ... cardiology #diagnosis #ekg ... electrocardiogram #clinical #comparison ... #Arrhythmias
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
is gradual and rhythmic ... Wandering Atrial ... cardiology #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... variants #clinical #comparison
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
• Advantages: Longer ... Correlation of rhythm ... detect various arrhythmias ... Monitoring #Devices #Comparison ... #cardiology #management
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
is gradual and rhythmic ... Wandering Atrial ... cardiology #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... variants #clinical #comparison
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Common Sustained Arrhythmia ... • Absence of P waves ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
in the chest or neck ... Heart Rate and Rhythm ... Rapid and regular rhythms ... and irregular rhythms ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
Arrhythmia (MAA ... of a variable P-wave ... VARIANT OF SINUS ARRHYTHMIA ... diagnosis #cardiology #ekg ... #comparison
External Ventricular Drains (EVDs) & ICP waveform interpretation
An EVD is a temporary closed sterile system that
is increased (e.g ... P1 - related to arterial ... CNS compliance LONGER ... - Rhythmic Spikes ... Nick Mark MD @nickmmark
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... depression • T wave ... inversion • Arrhythmias ... Consider invasive arterial ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
, bradycardia, arrhythmias ... - ↓ Effective arterial ... bradycardia → sine wave ... line, stabilizes cardiac ... dose PRN (ongoing arrhythmia