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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
Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia ... Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia ... is gradual and rhythmic ... Wandering Atrial ... variants #clinical #comparison
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia ... Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia ... is gradual and rhythmic ... Wandering Atrial ... 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
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
in the chest or neck ... PALPITATIONS: Arrhythmias ... tachycardia or arrhythmia ... Somatization Arrhythmias ... Hemodynamically significant arrhythmia
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Diagnosis and Management ... telemetry, 12-Lead EKG ... - Distended neck ... Shock - MI, arrhythmia ... Terminate arrhythmia
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
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
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

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

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
, bradycardia, arrhythmias ... reabsorption) Workup ... bradycardia → sine wave ... line, stabilizes cardiac ... dose PRN (ongoing arrhythmia