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onDecember 5, 2023

OMI in a pediatric patient? Teenagers do get acute coronary occlusion, so don’t automatically dismiss the idea.

Acute coronary syndrome in a pediatric patient? Written by Kirsten Morrissey, MD with edits by Bracey, Grauer, Meyers, and Smith …

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Alex Bracey

onAugust 7, 2021

An Adolescent with dizziness and near syncope

Submitted by Maura Corbett, PA-C, written by Alex Bracey, with some comments by Smith and Meyers A teenage male presented to the emergency…

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Pendell Meyers

onJuly 10, 2021

A child with biphasic T waves in V1-V2

Case submitted by Dr. Mike Runyon, written by Meyers, Grauer, and Smith A child between the ages of 5 and 10 was brought in by parents…

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Steve Smith

onDecember 10, 2019

Teenager with chest pain and slightly elevated troponin. What happens then?

This is a previously healthy male teenager who was awoken by chest pain. He was seen at another hospital and found to have a…

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Steve Smith

onAugust 7, 2018

12 Year Old Asthmatic with Intermittent Dyspnea Unresponsive to Albuterol—What is it, and Why Now?

This case was written by one of our great Hennepin 2nd year residents, Aaron Robinson, with lots of comments and edits by Smith. Thanks to Dr.…

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Steve Smith

onJune 14, 2017

An adolescent with trauma, chest pain, and a wide complex rhythm

This case was sent by Dr Avinash Krishnamurthy, a fine emergency medicine resident from Australia Cairns base hospital Case: An…

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Steve Smith

onApril 8, 2017

8 year-old with report of “syncope and an abnormal ECG”.

This case was contributed by John Dunbar, an outstanding Hennepin EM Resident. A previously healthy, fully immunized 8 year-old African…

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Steve Smith

onJuly 20, 2016

A 12 year old with Wide Complex Tachycardia

A previously healthy 12 year old presented to the ED with a “fast heart rate” that had started about 1.5 hours prior to…

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Steve Smith

onMay 23, 2016

Syncope During Exercise in a 12-Year Old

This was sent by a paramedic who wishes to remain anonymous. 911 was called because a 12 year-old female had a “seizure” at the…

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Steve Smith

onSeptember 7, 2014

Great Chart of Pediatric ECG Intervals: QRS, QTc, and PR. All Ages.

My friend and colleague Ben Orozco, emergency physician at HCMC, and toxicologist with the Hennepin Poison Center, put together this very…

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OMI in a pediatric patient? Teenagers do get acute coronary occlusion, so don’t automatically dismiss the idea.

An Adolescent with dizziness and near syncope

A child with biphasic T waves in V1-V2

Teenager with chest pain and slightly elevated troponin. What happens then?

12 Year Old Asthmatic with Intermittent Dyspnea Unresponsive to Albuterol—What is it, and Why Now?

An adolescent with trauma, chest pain, and a wide complex rhythm

8 year-old with report of “syncope and an abnormal ECG”.

A 12 year old with Wide Complex Tachycardia

Syncope During Exercise in a 12-Year Old

Great Chart of Pediatric ECG Intervals: QRS, QTc, and PR. All Ages.