By: Vince D
The first ECG you shared is quite a bit faster than you indicated, at about 200 bpm. It also looks narrow on the surface, but it is actually bi-directional ventricular tachycardia – usually a result of...
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thanks Vince.technically you win the prize but due to an unforseen gaff by @precordialthump, the answer was twittered an hour ago so renders the competition invalid ! Also are you sure that ECG rate is...
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Gah! When was the last time @precordialthump did anything useful for anyone? Just kidding, and it’s not a problem. I went back to count complexes on the ECG and I’m seeing 34 QRS complexes on the 10...
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ok just checking..well done. you got the deliberate errors, primary and secondary! email me your mailing address and the Trulite MAC 4 LED laryngoscope is coming your way! here is the LITFL blog post...
View ArticleBy: toby
nice podcast whats your record for the number of boluses of amiodarone? for APO / CCF and rapid AF, would you add magnesium to dig and amiodarone or would you worry that it might drop their BP?
View ArticleBy: rfdsdoc
three boluses my record for amiodarone loading but nowadays with combos rarely give amio boluses repeatedly before I get rate control check out this RCT on mag and dig in rapid AF...
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thanks we use dig and mag or amio and mag a lot where I work usually with good effect did you ever get your hands on the pocket bougie?
View ArticleBy: Alexander SammelA
Since I found the idea and references about Calcium pretreatment in AFib with Ca-Channelblockers I used it quite a bit on these “grayzone” patients, where you think they might not have much time, need...
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