ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: April 2019

4/11/2019 Adam Quinn, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 54-year-old male with a history of hypertension presents to the ED with palpitations. What is your interpretation of his EKG?

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: February 2019

2/6/2019 Lauren Briskie, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 52-year-old male presents to the ED with chest pain. What is your interpretation of his EKG?

Cardiology

Pacemaker Basics for the Emergency Physician

2/5/2019 Genna Jerrard, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD , Eli Zeserson, MD, FACEP

Can you distinguish between an abnormal EKG and a cardiac device malfunction at a glance, recall common pacer codes, or identify pacemaker problems on an X-ray? As the use of cardiac devices increases

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: December 2018

12/15/2018 Andrew Staffaroni, MD , Mahesh Polavarapu, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 72-year-old female presents with exertional syncope for the past several days. What is your interpretation of her EKG?

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: October 2018

10/17/2018 Gregory Taylor, DO , Robert W. Mathews, DO, FACOEP , Scott Sikorski, DO , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 44-year-old male presents to the ED with intermittent chest pain for 2 weeks, worse with exertion, and resolves with rest. He is currently symptom free. What is your interpretation of his EKG?

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: August 2018

8/19/2018 Kaela Reinert, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

An 89-year-old female with atrial fibrillation presents with altered mental status. What is your interpretation of her ECG?

Nephrology

Management of Hyperkalemia in the ED

8/18/2018 Jonathan Hilton, MD , Laura Stone Ellis, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

Hyperkalemia is generally defined as a potassium level > 5.5 mEq/L and can be further classified as mild (5.6–6.0 mEq/L), moderate (6.1–7.0 mEq/L), and severe (> 7.0 mEq/L). Etiologies frequently seen

Clinical , Cardiology , ECG Challenge

ECG Challenge: June 2018

6/12/2018 Christopher Parks, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

What's your interpretation of this tracing?

Clinical , Cardiology , ECG Challenge

ECG Challenge: April 2018

4/18/2018 Sarah Watson, DO , Jeremy Berberian, MD

What's your interpretation of this tracing?

ECG Challenge , ECG , Cardiology

Medical Mystery: ECG Explained

4/16/2018 Jeremy Berberian, MD

We issued a challenge to interpret an unusual EKG tracing. Now we're sharing the experts' interpretation. Thank you to the many readers who responded to this challenge - and congratulations to Michael