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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
(2) Atrial ... 3 different P waves ... 60 (1) Sinus bradycardia ... #Bradycardia #tachyarrhythmia ... #EKG #diagnosis
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
SA node: Sinus bradycardia ... blocks (1°, 3° and Type ... • His-purkinje system ... blocks (1°, 3°, and Type ... Flutter (AFL), Atrial
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
interval < 120 ms = AV ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... Flutter PR Interval ... hypokalaemia or bradycardia ... cardiology #diagnosis #system
Atrioventricular (AV) Blocks

First Degree AV Block - "If your R is far from your P than
Block - Mobitz Type ... , longer, longer ... independently of the atria ... conducting system ... #ekg #diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
in the chest or neck ... flutter, or atrial ... fibrillation/flutter ... dysfunction • Bradycardia-tachycardia ... Anticholinergics Systemic