A man in his 60s with syncope and ST depression. What does the ECG mean?
Written by Sean Trostel MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, Grauer, etc. A man in his 60s with a history of severe alcohol use disorder and…
I was shown this ECG without any information. What do you think?
I was shown this ECG; “Steve, what do you think of this?”: What is going on? I said: “This is pulse tapping artifact and a…
I was reading EKGs on the system and came across this one. Among the chaotic waves, what stands out?
I was reading EKGs on the system and came across this one. What is it? It looks confusing, right? Like there are just too…
Another diagnostic ECG of a potentially deadly condition
Written by Pendell Meyers A middle aged woman with no significant past medical history presented with epigastric abdominal pain with…
A Complication of the COVID Era
Submitted and written by Gia Coleman MD and Roshan Givergis DO, edits by Meyers and Smith A woman in her 30s was found crawling in the…
Adding to the many faces of Hypokalemia….
These 2 cases came in on one shift: Patient 1 This patient was weak with a K of 2.4 mEq/L See the U-waves that are most prominent in V2 (which…
A young woman with vomiting
A 20-something presented with vomiting. An ECG was recorded: HR is 101 The prior ECG was normal. The computerized QT measurement was 353 ms,…
Chest pain in high risk patient. Are these Hyperacute T-waves? What is going on here?
A 40-something woman with h/o obesity, hyperlipidemia, smoking, as well as cocaine and alcohol abuse presented with intermittent chest pain…
“Long QT” after droperidol
A patient presented to the ED with intractable hiccups. He also had “ongoing GERD symptoms with heartburn……but no…
Potassium and Magnesium: how low is too low?
A 30-something woman with h/o HTN on losartan presented for vomiting, diarrhea, and cough for 2-3 days. K returned at 2.4 mEq/L…