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Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Electrocardiogram (EKG ... conduction Uses: - Atrial ... fibrillation and ... atrial flutter ... Digoxin effect on ECG
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
four main types: atrial ... fibrillation, paroxysmal ... tachycardia (PSVT), atrial ... flutter, and Wolff-Parkinson-White ... MedStudent #Cardiology #EKG
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
convert - Possible atrial ... atrial tachycardia ... Control rate (e.g ... possible atrial ... Control rate (e.g
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
tachycardia (2) Atrial ... SVTs - atrial/junctional ... (3) Multifocal atrial ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... Paroxysmal AF, atrial ... flutter, or atrial ... fibrillation/flutter ... Valvular disease (e.g
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
arrhythmia syndromes (e.g ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... capture of the atria ... arrhythmia • Atrial ... fibrillation
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... by excretion (e.g ... its metabolism (e.g ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... ’s • Reduced Arterial