Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Her husband called EMS when the patient experienced new onset seizures accompanied by micturition. However, cardiac syncope is always a differential diagnosis when someone presents with first time seizures. There are a number of things to look for in an ECG that can hint at arrhythmia as the cause of an apparent seizure.

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Seizures EKG/ECG EMS Stroke 114

Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 26, 2021

We know that if administered too rapidly, it can lead to hypotension and other adverse effects including seizures, headaches, backache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, anaphylaxis, impaired color vision, and other visual disturbances.[1] Lastly, the use of TXA is not without risk.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2016

S – seizure or shock – most commonly septic, but can be any type: cardiogenic, bstructive, hypovolemic, distributive. 2012; 33:1040–1045. for the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. 2012; 60(23): 2427-2463. 2012; 19:1276–1280. 2009; (55) 12:2098–2112.

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Pediatrics Sepsis Shock Outcomes 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) revised the criteria in 2012. The best documented cormorbidity is sickle cell disease, although other pro-thrombotic conditions also put the child at risk. 2012; AID 471759. 2012; 7:19796. The patient should have ≥4/17 clinical and/or immunologic criteria.

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Pediatrics EKG/ECG Wellness Seizures 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

Some families have unexplained deaths during sporting events, an unusual number of car accidents, seizures in someone without a formal diagnosis of epilepsy. The presence of these pathways is documented inutero and they usually regress by around 20 weeks gestation. The only clinical predictor of cardiac disease was prematurity.

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EMDocs

JULY 3, 2023

4 Common symptoms of SAH on presentation include vomiting, neck stiffness, altered mental status or decreased level of consciousness, hemiparesis, and seizure-like activity. This neurological evaluation should include assessment and documentation of the GCS, the presence of any neurologic deficits, and an NIHSS.

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Seizures Stroke Outcomes EMS 98

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Jeff: Medicinally, cannabinoids are currently used in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes, complications of multiple sclerosis and paraplegia, weight loss due to appetite suppression in HIV/aids, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, seizures, and many other neuropsychiatric disorders.

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