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Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
EKG "Mild" Hyperkalemia ... QRS widening • Sinus ... of conduction block ... #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
DANGER (2) Sinus ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Glucose/Temp • ACS ... Abscess • Sick sinus ... surgery • Heart block ... Athletes • Carotid sinus
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
ST elevation: Differential ... findings: Sinus ... #electrocardiogram ... #differential # ... cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... ; and sinus tachycardia ... Disorders: • Hyperkalemia ... no P waves • Hypercalcemia ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... Bundle branch block ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... tachycardia • Sinus ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
from placenta): block ... , selenium) Differential ... • Nonspecific: sinus ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology