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A Cook County Hospital Emergency Medicine Blog for up-to-date medicine and more.

MS4 Infographic - Congestive Heart Failure

August 28, 2023

Here is a quick recap of the management of decompensated heart failure. Remember to always look for a reason for decompensation given the cause can be more deadly than the effect.

Morgan Kemerling, MS4

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Index visit ECG

The Heart of the Matter - Irregularly Irregular, but Not Atrial Fibrillation?

August 21, 2023

Here you have a 68-year-old male with a PMHx of PE on apixaban, HTN presents with fatigue and several days of diarrhea. You are handed the following ECG. What is your interpretation?

Alejandro Negrete, MD

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Figure 1: Initial EKG

The Heart of the Matter - Posterior OMI

May 15, 2023

45-year-old Spanish-speaking male with no known past medical history presented to the ED with 2-3 hours of severe back pain and throat pain. You are handed the following EKG. What do you do?

Alejandro Negrete, MD

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