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onFebruary 20, 2024

Tachycardia and hyperkalemia. What will happen after therapy with 1 gram of Ca gluconate and some bicarbonate?

A 20-something type, 1 diabetic presented by EMS with altered mental status. Blood pressure was 117/80, pulse 161, Resp 45, SpO2 100 on…

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Steve Smith

onMay 21, 2023

An elderly patient with syncope, dyspnea, and weakness, but no Chest Pain, and mild hyperkalemia

An elderly patient had a fall from probable syncope, and could not get up. He complained of weakness and shortness of breath, but no…

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Pendell Meyers

onMay 5, 2022

Another deadly and confusing ECG. Are you still one of the many people who will be fooled by this ECG, or do you recognize it instantly?

Submitted and written by Destiny Folk MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, Grauer, McLaren A man in his early 30s with no significant past…

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Pendell Meyers

onJanuary 16, 2022

Acute respiratory distress: Correct interpretation of the initial and serial ECG findings, with aggressive management, might have saved his life.

Written by Pendell Meyers with edits by Smith NOTE: Please check out My Comment at the very bottom of this post — in which I amplify…

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Pendell Meyers

onOctober 16, 2021

A 50s year old man with lightheadedness and bradycardia

Written by Pendell Meyers with edits by Smith and Grauer A man in his 50s with history of end stage renal disease on dialysis, prior…

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Steve Smith

onOctober 8, 2021

Hyperkalemia: is it the cause of this AV Block, ST Elevation, and T-wave inversion?

I was texted this ECG: What do you think? This was my response: “Yikes. Pacer and Cath Lab!!” He asked: “Could this all be…

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Alex Bracey

onJuly 2, 2021

This ECG Pattern Told the Story When the Patient Could Not

Submitted by Spencer Lord MD, written by Alex Bracey with edits by Meyers and Smith A patient presents as a transfer from an outside…

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Pendell Meyers

onMay 14, 2021

What are these ST elevations, ST depressions, and tall T waves diagnostic of?

Written by Pendell Meyers Let’s see this presentation ECG without any context first (no baseline ECG was available) What do you…

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Pendell Meyers

onDecember 18, 2020

A woman with near-syncope, bradycardia, and hypotension

Written by Pendell Meyers A 59-year-old woman with diabetes, hypertension, prior stroke, and peripheral vascular disease presented with…

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Pendell Meyers

onOctober 21, 2020

What happens if you do not recognize this ECG instantly?

Written by Pendell Meyers A young man in his 20s with history of end stage renal disease and dialysis presented for acute chest pain. His last…

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Tachycardia and hyperkalemia. What will happen after therapy with 1 gram of Ca gluconate and some bicarbonate?

An elderly patient with syncope, dyspnea, and weakness, but no Chest Pain, and mild hyperkalemia

Another deadly and confusing ECG. Are you still one of the many people who will be fooled by this ECG, or do you recognize it instantly?

Acute respiratory distress: Correct interpretation of the initial and serial ECG findings, with aggressive management, might have saved his life.

A 50s year old man with lightheadedness and bradycardia

Hyperkalemia: is it the cause of this AV Block, ST Elevation, and T-wave inversion?

This ECG Pattern Told the Story When the Patient Could Not

What are these ST elevations, ST depressions, and tall T waves diagnostic of?

A woman with near-syncope, bradycardia, and hypotension

What happens if you do not recognize this ECG instantly?