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Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
Multifocal Atrial ... ECG Multifocal ... Multifocal atrial ... tachycardia ECG ... #diagnosis #ekg
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)
• At least 3 different P wave morphologies: 
• Rate 100-180
• Irregular 
Etiology
Multifocal Atrial ... Tachycardia (MAT ... 3 different P wave ... #Atrial #Tachycardia ... #EKG #Management
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
block (3) Multifocal ... atrial tachycardia ... 3 different P waves ... 60 (1) Sinus bradycardia ... #EKG #diagnosis
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
Multifocal Atrial ... Multifocal Atrial ... Atrial Arrhythmia ... diagnosis #cardiology #ekg ... #comparison
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
in the chest or neck ... /flutter • Bradycardia ... dysfunction • Bradycardia-tachycardia ... sinus syndrome) • Multifocal ... atrial tachycardia
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
, arrhythmias Etiology ... - ↓ Effective arterial ... → sine wave → PEA ... dose PRN (ongoing arrhythmia ... Monitor for tachycardia
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
labile BP and arrythmias ... hyponatremia, bradycardia ... urinary retention, tachycardia ... Electrodiagnostic studies - EMG ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
depression • T wave ... inversion • Arrhythmias ... hypertension, tachy- or bradycardia ... Consider invasive arterial ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management