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Prolonged Chest Pain. Is this LV aneurysm or acute anterior STEMI? Acuteness of STEMI and viable myocardium. by Stephen Smith Posted Mon 21 May 2012 12:04pm This patient had no significant past medical history.  He presented with chest pain of 48 hours duration which became worse in the previous several hours.  The pain was stabbing and 10/10 and associated with SOB.  The pain was partly relieved with sublingual nitroglycerin.   Here is the initial ECG There are QS-waves in leads V1-V3 ... Read on »
Acute care bundling can benefit patients, providers AND payers by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:01pm By Rick Norling Retired CEO Premier healthcare alliance   Innovative efforts at Geisinger Health System to re-engineer care have led to an exciting concept called acute care bundling.    The boundaries of acute care have typically been admission and discharge processes at hospitals. However, the opportunity for process improvement and the elimination Read on »
Down and Dirty: 12 Lead ECG Interpretation of the Acute Myocardial Infarction Patient by JASON WINTER Posted Tue 01 Dec 2009 3:48pm Check out this SlideShare Presentation: Down and Dirty: 12 Lead ECG Interpretation of the Acute Myocardial Infarction Patient View more presentations from New Cardiovascular Horizons. Read on »
Acute leukemia quiz by pathologystudent Posted Fri 20 Nov 2009 10:02pm Another quiz – this time on acute leukemia. Answers and explanations are in the first comment following this post. 1. Patients with which of the following leukemias may go into DIC if given routine chemotherapeutic agents? A. Acute promonocytic leukemia B. Acute promyelocytic leukemia C. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia D. Chronic myeloid Read on »
Left Ventricular Aneurysm or Anterior Acute STEMI? by Stephen Smith Posted Wed 12 Jan 2011 11:35am I am simply going to post a link to a nice presentation of this at the ems12lead.com blog by Tom Bouthillet. http://ems12lead.com/2011/01/12/left-ventricular-aneurysm-vs-acute-anterior-stemi/ Read on »
Acute Kidney Injury Predisposes ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor Posted Sun 23 Nov 2008 3:57am Acute Kidney Injury Predisposes Elderly to Organ Failure By Crystal Phend MINNEAPOLIS, 23 nov 2008 -- Older adults who suffer an acute injury... chronic kidney problems were 13 times more likely to develop ESRD than those who had not suffered an acute kidney injury (95% confidence interval 10.6 to 16.0), according to Allan J Read on »