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Noisy, low amplitude ECG in a patient with chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient was tremulous and severely hypoglycemic by point-of-care testing. Tachycardia is unusual for OMI, unless the patient is in cardiogenic shock (or getting close). Jenkins and Frick — or additional procedures may be ordered and/or patients shocked for artifact simulating VT/VFib ).

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

A larger 2022 meta-analysis in the journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection examined different test modalities for diagnosing pneumonia in the setting of clinical suspicion for acute community-acquired lower RTI in outpatient clinics, LTACs, and the emergency department. 2022 Jul 11;11(14):2163. 2022 Jan;28(1):13-22.