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 64

EKG/ECG Point-of-Care Testing Wellness Shock 64

ACEP Now

DECEMBER 10, 2023

At the time, those who wanted to get tested for HIV had to go to receive an hour of counseling and then wait a week for their results. As the science was progressing into point-of-care testing, Dr. Calderon and her colleagues started testing different options for providing HIV counseling in the ED.

Research 52

Research Point-of-Care Testing Burns Academics 52

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. 2022 Jul 11;11(14):2163. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. 2022 Jan;28(1):13-22. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Nov 20;99(47):e23315.

Infectious Diseases 89

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 89