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Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
If see flutter p ... • Atrial Flutter ... see P, either Flutter ... If not Flutter P ... • Hyperkalemia
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
DANGER (4) Vfib/flutter ... (2) Atrial flutter ... absent P (2) A flutter ... 3 different P waves ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
(AVNRT, OAVRT, AFIutter ... ) • P-waves. ... Tachycardia: • AFib > AFIutter ... whether AF is cause ... #cardiology
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
) Irregular Narrow ... 3 different P wave ... Atrial flutter ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram ... nodal conduction Uses ... fibrillation and atrial flutter ... or biphasic T waves ... #EKG #Cardiology
Severe Mitral Stenosis- The physical examination revealed a right parasternal heave, a loud S1, a midpeaking
An electrocardiogram ... showed atrial flutter ... The continuous-wave ... clinical #doppler #radiology ... #NEJM #mitral #