1/ Hello, #medtwitter, and happy #12LeadThursday!
Take a look at the CC, HPI and rhythm strip below. What is going on? How do you explain it?
Take a look at the CC, HPI and rhythm strip below. What is going on? How do you explain it?
2/ If you said TdP - you’re fancy! and right.
After she spontaneously reverts to NSR, what further history do you want to obtain?
After she spontaneously reverts to NSR, what further history do you want to obtain?
3/ Consider saving the graphic below, designed by @RahulM_MD, in your phone (@grepmeded)! It details the PMH, FH and med hx you’ll want to consider in a patient with prolonged QTc.
4/ Alright, folks - go ahead and take out your calipers; what’s the QTc in the EKG below?
5/ Once you’ve calculated a corrected QT interval, you may want to ask yourself, does this patient merit genetic testing for LQTS? The Schwartz Score is your friend!
6/ And here’s one more @RahulM_MD graphic for your phone: the acute and long-term treatment of prolonged QTc.
7/ Big thanks as always to @gregorykatz who directs our #12LeadThursday series and to @KelseyGrossman who wrote this thread!
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