Question 18.3
Question 18.3
The following ECG (labelled ECG 3.) is that of an 83-year-old female found by her neighbour collapsed on the bathroom floor.
- List the abnormalities shown on the ECG.
- What do these abnormalities indicate?
College Answer
a)
Profound bradycardia
J (Osborn) waves
Atrial fibrillation
Shivering artefact
LVH
b)
Hypothermia
Discussion
The ECG I used above comes from LITFL and was not part of the CCIM paper.
I was luckty to find it; and it contains everything in the college answer, including LVH by voltage criteria and even shivering artifact.
References
Montague, Brian T., Jason R. Ouellette, and Gregory K. Buller. "Retrospective review of the frequency of ECG changes in hyperkalemia." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 3.2 (2008): 324-330.
Weisberg, Lawrence S. "Management of severe hyperkalemia." Critical care medicine 36.12 (2008): 3246-3251.