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Noisy, low amplitude ECG in a patient with chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

The patient was tremulous and severely hypoglycemic by point-of-care testing. While awaiting transfer to the cath lab, STAT echocardiogram was performed and showed LVEF 30-35%, as well as anterior, inferior, and apical hypokinesis, and apical thrombus. There are also diagonal branches which are not well visualized.

EKG/ECG

EKG/ECG Wellness Point-of-Care Testing Shock

Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. A 2018 USA multi-center prospective RCT involving 1,656 adult patients published in NEJM used varying PCT cut-offs to guide antibiotic initiation in the emergency department. Critical Care Medicine 38():p S26-S34, February 2010. |

Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing

Emergency Care Today

Noisy, low amplitude ECG in a patient with chest pain

Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

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