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Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
EKG "Mild" Hyperkalemia ... narrow-based T Waves ... QRS widening • Sinus ... Loss of visible P waves ... • "Sine wave"
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
increases, the P wave ... decreases, the P wave ... is gradual and rhythmic ... The P wave and PR ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management ... Tall, "peaked" T waves ... amplitude of P waves ... - Absence of T wave ... sinoventricular rhythm
Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
• Variable P wave ... • Some P waves ... #tachycardia #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... electrocardiogram #clinical #comparison
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
increases, the P wave ... decreases, the P wave ... is gradual and rhythmic ... The P wave and PR ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
3 different P waves ... arrest - escape rhythms ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia - ECG Diagnosis
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases with expiration.
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia ... increases, the P wave ... decreases, the P wave ... is gradual and rhythmic ... Arrhythmia #cardiology
Wandering atrial pacemaker - ECG Diagnosis
 • The change in P wave contour is gradual
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The change in P wave ... arrhythmia Note ... appreciate this rhythm ... atrial #pacemaker #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg
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
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
of a variable P-wave ... focus from the sinus ... wap #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #comparison