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Accordion QRS dance

Authors :
Kilian Bertho
Oscar Thabouillot
Romain Kedzierewicz
Source :
Emergency Medicine Journal. 37:743-777
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
BMJ, 2020.

Abstract

An 81-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department for collapse. She has no known medical history. The clinical examination shows a heart rate oscillating between 160 and 180, a BP at 78/55 mm Hg, a GCS at 14 (E : 4, V : 4, M : 6), an oxygen saturation at 89%. She has cyanosis going from the feet to the knees. An ECG was done (see figure 1). Figure 1 ECG at the emergency department. What is your diagnosis ? 1. Ventricular tachycardia. 2. Ventricular fibrillation. 3. Wolff-Parkinson-White. …

Details

ISSN :
14720213 and 14720205
Volume :
37
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emergency Medicine Journal
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....fe33c69443874ba9fc6d4460899a0d40