Potato Poisoning (Not due to Solanine in greens!). With Positive Modified Sgarbossa Criteria.
A dialysis patient presented with progressive weakness over 3 days. He denied chest pain or shortness of breath. He also had a…
Is this just right bundle branch block?
This ECG was texted to me with the text: “There is a history of RBBB but we do not have an image to compare this with. I interpret…
Besides the Nonspecific T-wave Inversion in aVL, What Else is Abnormal on this ECG?
This case was sent by Laszlo Farkas, a paramedic from Hungary. He discussed it with Janos Borbas MD and Robert Sepp MD from…
Huge Precordial ST Elevation in an ED Patient
This was sent by Twitike Nthakomwa, a medical officer from Malawi who knows a lot about ECGs. Here is a 50-something patient who…
Tachycardia, hyperthyroid, and ST elevation. What is it?
This ECG was texted to me on my phone, with the words “Asymptomatic with hyperthyroidism:” What do you think? I replied that…
A middle aged man with unwitnessed cardiac arrest
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith Thanks to my attending Nic Thompson who superbly led this resuscitation We received a…
Too Fast! Too Slow! 2 Lectures from Rocky Mountain EM Conference.
These are 2 short lectures I gave at the Rocky Mountain EM Winter Conference. Thanks to EMedHome for the video and processing! Too Fast! Too…
Huge Anterior Voltage, with ST Elevation
I saw “Chest pain” on the board and clicked to look at the ECG. Here it is: Much ST elevation in V2 (approx 5.5 mm at the…
The OMI Manifesto
The OMI Manifesto A collaboration by Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog and EMCrit Pendell Meyers, MD Scott Weingart, MD, FCCM Stephen Smith, MD The current…
I saw this ECG only after the patient was discharged….
I was reading ECGs on the computer system when this one came up: What do you think? There is apparent ST elevation in III, with reciprocal ST…