long QTLong QT not measured correctly by computerPolymorphic Ventricular TachycardiaQTctorsade3 Min Read Steve SmithonJune 3, 2014 Long QT: Do not trust the computerized QT interval when the QT is long A middle-aged male with h/o DM was found down. He was hypoglycemic (mild, 45 mg/dl) and had pneumonia with hypoxia. He had this…
long QTlong QT bizarrePolymorphic Ventricular TachycardiatorsadeTorsades Managementventricular bigeminy bizarreventricular tachycardia9 Min Read Steve SmithonOctober 12, 2013 Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia A woman in her 40’s presented with multiple “spells” in the past week, with increasing frequency. She feels…
alkalosiscomputerdroperidolhypokalemialong QTtorsade6 Min Read Steve SmithonAugust 15, 2011 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…
cardiac arrestcircumflex occlusionLBBBleft bundle branch blockPVCtorsade2 Min Read Steve SmithonJuly 5, 2010 Cardiac Arrest suddenly after blood loss, is it due to MI? Also, when the rhythm looks like torsade, it is usually not. A 74 yo f with ESRD on dialysis and h/o CAD bumped her access fistula and began to bleed profusely. She had a prehospital BP of 60, pulse 70,…