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Abdominal X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Is there bowel dilatation, wall edema or pneumatosis?
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Interpretation Checklist ... - Is there bowel ... - Can you place ... - Check all of the ... interpretation #radiology
Wraparound LAD STEMI on EKG
47 year old with chest pain. Ectopic atrial rhythm with ST elevations.
Wraparound LAD STEMI ... wraparound LAD. ... a PFO during a bowel ... #Wraparound #LAD ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Left Anterior Fascicular Block on EKG
 • Left axis deviation (LAD) (-45 degrees to -90 degrees)
Fascicular Block on EKG ... axis deviation (LAD ... in leads I and aVL ... Block #diagnosis #cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
ve in I, II - LAD ... LBBB, LAFB - RAD ... #Approach #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... anterior descending (LAD ... aVR • Classic EKG ... QTc interval, RAD ... #differential #cardiology
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

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

Her heart
a 50-year-old lady ... But you can see ... This rhythm is all ... #Tachycardia #EKG ... #Cardiology #EKG
Myocardial infarction localization. A 12 lead EKG creates a 360 degree view of the electrical activity
A 12 lead EKG creates ... leads), and as you can ... no contiguous lead ... #EKG #diagram #Electrocardiogram ... EmergencyMedicine #Cardiology
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
- Checklist VITALS ... : If bad, stop and ... esp in work-up/management ... will also get an EKG ... echo is never a bad
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
have no pain - LAD ... avR - proximal LAD ... wave inversion in avL ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
De Winter's T Waves

Concerning for proximal LAD occlusion (Present in 2% of patients)
 • Upsloping ST-Depression
Concerning for proximal LAD ... -V4 • STE in lead ... aVR ± aVL #DeWinters ... #TWaves #EKG #ECG ... #diagnosis #cardiology