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Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
(EKG) Digoxin ... - Decreases AV ... nodal conduction Uses ... : - Scooping ST ... mustache) - Flag
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
case of a 50-year-old ... Is it wide or narrow ... consistent with SVT ... @EM_RESUS #AVRT ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... vagal maneuvers: SVT-AVNRT ... or AVRT • Standing ... Red Flag Symptoms ... consciousness • Near-syncope
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100 Wide ... 200ms from longer pause ... can function) Wide ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #electrocardiogram
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Calcineurin inhibitors, Digoxin ... heparinized tube) • ECG ... badness): Peak T, flat ... P, ST depress, ... only if no clear cause