What do you think of this elderly man with “possible seizure”?
Written by Pendell Meyers (with really great and thorough explanation of this finding by Ken Grauer). At my hospital, patients with any…
A man in his 50s with fever and shortness of breath
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s with HTN, HLD, obesity, and restrictive lung disease presented with shortness of breath worsening…
Why doesn’t the name “OMI” say anything about the ECG, in contrast to STEMI? Because sometimes the ECG isn’t always enough, no matter who interprets it.
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 60s with history of prior CAD with PCI, HTN, HLD, and aortic insufficiency presented with acute chest…
A man in his 60s with chest pain. The ST segments and T waves are ALWAYS interpreted in the context of their QRS.
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 60s with history of CAD, CABG, HTN, DM, and smoking presented with chest pain,and shortness of breath…
A man in his 30s with chest pain
Written by Pendell Meyers, case submitted by Tom Fiero A man in his 30s walked into the ED complaining of chest pain. His triage ECG was done…
A man in his 60s with chest pain. Could you have prevented his cardiac arrest?
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 60s with HTN and AF presented with chest pain that started about 1 hour ago and started to subside…
A man in his 50s with “gas pain”
Written by Pendell Meyers, sent by Anonymous A man in his 50s with history of type 2 diabetes, HTN, and HLD presented with one day of off and…
A man in his sixties with chest pain, tachypnea, and hypertension
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his sixties presented with acute chest pain and shortness of breath over the past 1-2 hours. Vitals were…
A woman in her 50s with dyspnea and bradycardia
Written by Pendell Meyers A patient in her 50s presented with shortness of breath and fatigue worsening over 1 week. Her vital signs were…
A woman in her 70s with bradycardia and hypotension
Submitted by Anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 70s with HTN and DM had been experiencing lower chest / upper epigastric pain…