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A 32-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus presents to the Emergency Department with blood glucose levels exceeding 400 mg/dL. She also reports experiencing atypical chest pain.While...

A 32-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus presents to the Emergency Department with blood glucose levels exceeding 400 mg/dL. She also reports experiencing atypical chest pain.While...

B. Start IV amiodarone, check cardiac enzymes.

C. Consult cardiology for possible cardiac cath, start amiodarone meanwhile

D. Check electrolytes and give IV magnesium.

E. Outpatient monitor and echo.

What is the cause of the irregularities in this EKG?

What is the cause of the irregularities in this EKG?

Atrial fibrillation

Heart block (second degree)

Sinus node Exit block

None of the above

This EKG was done on a 37-year-old male who was in the ER for a noncardiac problem.What is the rhythm diagnosis?

This EKG was done on a 37-year-old male who was in the ER for a noncardiac problem.What is the rhythm diagnosis?

Sinus tachycardia with PACs.

Sinus arrhythmias.

Atrial tachycardia with occasional sinus beats.

Sinus tachycardia with blocked PACs

Atrial fibrillation/flutter

75-year-old woman, ICU day 2 post-MI with LAD PCI. She’s asymptomatic — but telemetry flags a “run of NSVT.”The nurse asks a sharp question:“It’s not that fast, and it’s slightly irregular — could...

75-year-old woman, ICU day 2 post-MI with LAD PCI. She’s asymptomatic — but telemetry flags a “run of NSVT.”The nurse asks a sharp question:“It’s not that fast, and it’s slightly irregular — could...

a- QRS is too wide to be SVT.

b- Ventricle appears to drive the atrium.

c- There are signs of AV dissociation.

d- Nothing, based on this strip alone you cannot tell if this was VT or SVT with aberrancy.

A 41-year-old lady who presented with syncope. In the emergency room, her high sensitivity troponin went from 48 to 183 in 1 hour. She reported mild shortness of breath and chest pain on...

A 41-year-old lady who presented with syncope. In the emergency room, her high sensitivity troponin went from 48 to 183 in 1 hour. She reported mild shortness of breath and chest pain on...

Mechanical interruption of circulation

A 74-year-old woman presents to the ED with an irregular pulse and bradycardia.What is causing her bradycardia?

A 74-year-old woman presents to the ED with an irregular pulse and bradycardia.What is causing her bradycardia?

a-Atrial fibrillation

c-Second degree AV block, type 1 (Wenckebach)

d-Second degree AV block, type 2 (Non-Wenckebach)

e-Third degree AV block

A 48-year-old female sees you because she noticed that at home her BP runs around 138/85. You check her BP in office and her BP reading (10 min apart) were 135/88 and 139/82. What is the label of...

Pre-hypertensive - Life style adjustments

Stage 1 hypertension - start life style changes as well as hypertensive medications.

Stage 1 hypertension - start life style changes and calculate ASCVD risk.

Stage 2 hypertension - start life style changes as well as hypertensive medications.

Stage 1 hypertension - start life style changes only.

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