Pericarditis

Results:
Weekly Workout February 19, 2024
2024 EM Boards ECG Review Part I

A 61-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation presents to ABEM general hospital with lightheadedness and palpitations. He is tachycardic but otherwise has normal vital signs. The following ECG…

Weekly Workout May 15, 2022
ECG Basics and Fundamentals: PR segment or TP? the isoelectric baseline you should use to measure ST segment deviation

 A 45-year-old woman presents to the ED with severe chest pain. She is minimally cooperative when trying to obtain a history and is requesting pain medication for severe pain. Physical…

Weekly Workout May 24, 2021
ECG Basics and Fundamentals: the isoelectric baseline used to evaluate ST segment deviation

A 45-year-old woman presents to the ED with severe chest pain. She is minimally cooperative when trying to obtain a history and is requesting pain medication for severe pain. Physical…

Weekly Workout January 4, 2021
Potpourri of cases: BRASH syndrome, the ECG findings in patients of digoxin, and so much more

A 54-year-old man presented to the ED with chest pain. The following ECG was obtained:

Weekly Workout December 7, 2020
Bifascicular blocks, trifascicular blocks, electrocardiographic polyuria, and much more!

A 65-year-old man presents to the ED chest pain worse with sitting up and exertion. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout November 2, 2020
Literature Review: evaluation of Spodick’s sign and other electrocardiographic findings as indicators of STEMI and acute pericarditis

A 40-year-old male presents to the ED with chest pain. The following ECG is obtained with a computer interpretation of “Acute Pericarditis”: 

Weekly Workout November 18, 2019
Differential Diagnoses: factors that rule in STEMI in the evaluation of diffuse ST segment elevation

A 60-year-old male presents to the ED with chest pain and mild dyspnea. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout May 29, 2016
ECG Basics & Fundamentals: diagnostic criteria for acute pericarditis

A 38-year-old man presents with mid-sternal, sharp chest pain. The pain is non-radiating, worse when supine, and is not associated with any diaphoresis or vomiting. The following ECG is done:

Weekly Workout January 26, 2015
ECG Basics & Fundamentals: “just because electrocardiography is a basic skill in medicine, doesn’t mean that our ECG skills should be basic”

HPI: 43-year-old male presents with mid-sternal chest tightness. History is otherwise limited. Vitals: HR-110, otherwise normal vitals. Case ECG

Weekly Workout January 19, 2015
Literature Review: age as a cardiac risk factor, what age is too young to have a myocardial infarction (MI)?

HPI: 25-year-old male smoker presents with left arm and upper back pain. He also has mild epigastric pain, associated with vomiting x 4 episodes. Vitals: HR-100, BP-110/70, RR-22, SpO2-100%, afebrile….

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