Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
A woman in her 40’s presented with multiple “spells” in the past week, with increasing frequency. She feels…
Altered Mental Status, possible ingestion. What does the ECG show?
A middle aged man was heard to be falling in his apartment. He was found very agitated, intermittently screaming (and on presentation…
Two cases of the same electrolyte disturbance(s). Diagnosis?
This patient presented after dialysis with weakness and reproducible chest pain. Sinus rhythm with a normal QRS. The QT is prolonged and…
Cardiac Arrest, from Ventricular Fibrillation.
The computerized QTc is 472, but the actual QTc is well over 600 ms. The T-waves are almost like a sine wave, and there are very prominent…
Diabetic Ketoacidosis: is there hypokalemia?
This patient presented with diabetic ketoacidosis. The physicians were reluctant to start insulin until they knew that the potassium was not…