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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... bradycardia ... arrest - escape rhythms ... - ventricular pacemaker ... #electrocardiogram
Wandering atrial pacemaker - ECG Diagnosis
 • The change in P wave contour is gradual
 •
Wandering atrial ... pacemaker - ECG ... • Variant of sinus ... appreciate this rhythm ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
Ectopic atrial rhythm
 • The atrial rate is less than 100 bpm.
 • PR interval within
Ectopic atrial rhythm ... P wave during sinus ... pacemaker is in ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
Atrial Pacemaker ... OF SINUS ARRHYTHMIA ... focus from the sinus ... diagnosis #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
is gradual and rhythmic ... presence of AV block ... Wandering Atrial ... Pacemaker: • ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
Almost any type of cardiac arrhythmia is seen in digitalis toxic­ity. However, type II second-degree atrioventricular
commonly seen are sinus ... bradycardia, first-degree ... , sino-atrial (SA ... AV junctional rhythm ... #ECG #Digoxin #
Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
QRS widening • Sinus ... bradycardia • ... of conduction block ... • "Sine wave" rhythm ... #ECG #electrocardiogram
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
is gradual and rhythmic ... presence of AV block ... Wandering Atrial ... Pacemaker: • ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
EKG Interpretation ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... hypokalaemia or bradycardia ... #Interpretation ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Narrow & regular rhythm ... Narrow & irregular rhythm ... P and QRS • Atrial ... #electrocardiogram ... #ecg #cardiology