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The Expert Witness re-visits a chest pain Malpractice case using the Queen of Hearts

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Don't miss his analysis and assessment of the Queen of Hearts AI OMI ECG bot -- that assessment is at the very bottom of the post. Her first set of vitals were documented: BP 116/57 Pulse 94bpm Respiratory rate 24/min O2 sat 90% on room air Temp 97F She had been cleaning a Jeep in the sun, and was sunburned. But which artery?

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Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Add into this that the majority of children will be in normal sinus rhythm (NSR) by the time of assessment so to truly identify those who have something wrong we have to be confident in identifying arrhythmias where they are present and critical when analysing an ECG in NSR. All were examined and 98% had an ECG.

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Seizure in a 30 something

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The ECG below was recorded by EMS. ECG #1 Interpretation: ECG #1 shows sinus rhythm at a heart rate of 77 bpm. At first glance, the ECG does not look too abnormal. In my experience, the pathologic finding in the above ECG is the easiest one to overlook — especially if you are in a rush and do not do a systematic review.

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"The dye don't lie".except when it does. Angiogram Negative, or is it?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Her presenting ECG is shown below: ECG 1 What do you think? I had previously run this ECG through QOH in the PMcardio app environment and she reported mid confidence, shown below. You can see that version 2 has a higher number than version 1, hence she sees the ECG as more OMI-like than version 1. I sent this to Drs.

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How To Avoid Missing an Aortic Dissection

ACEP Now

ECG, CXR, and troponin are negative. A medical student reports a murmur, not documented by either the emergency physician or the cardiologist. Troponins #1 and #2 are borderline and ECG is non-specific. In the ED, his troponin, ECG, and chest X-ray (CXR) are normal. ECG, CXR, and troponin are all normal.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.24.24

Taming the SRU

morbidity and mortality - faculty case follow-up - R4 Capstone - high-risk, low prevalence diseases in pediatrics morbidity and mortality WITH dr. moulds Syncope Complete heart block is a rare but important cause of syncope P waves outnumbering QRS complexes should clue to you to high grade heart block Triage EKGs are often obtained to screen for cardiac (..)

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.31.24

Taming the SRU

Know your audience, and tailor your presentation to them in terms of humor, pop culture references, and dress code Err on the side of making your presentation slightly shorter than the alloted time to allow room for questions. The largest retrospective cohort study to date (Beyde et al.) shows that most will improve with empiric antibiotics.