A 17-year-old male presents to urgent care with syncope. He has a family history of sudden cardiac death. He is well appearing and with normal vital signs. An ECG is obtained. View the ECG and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
Read More65-Year-Old With Hypertension
A 65-year-old female with a history of hypertension presents with chest pain and dyspnea for 1 day. She denies fever, cough, nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain. Upon arrival to urgent care, her respiratory rate was 28 breaths per minute, blood pressure 179/102, and oxygen saturation 92% on room air. An ECG is obtained. View the ECG captured above and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on …
Read More74-Year-Old With Lightheadedness
A 74-year-old woman presents to urgent care with epistaxis, controlled on arrival. She is also complaining of lightheadedness and fatigue that’s been going on for the past 2 weeks. View the ECG captured above and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
Read More27-Year-Old with History of Asthma
A 27-year-old female with history of asthma presents to urgent care on a Friday morning with dyspnea for 1 day. She denies palpitations, syncope, or chest pain. An ECG is obtained. View the ECG captured above and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
Read MoreAbstracts in Urgent Care – November 2024
Sophistication of ECG for Detection of Acute Coronary Syndromes Take Home Point: Cardiac electrical biomarker (CEB), a finding detectable on ECG, may hold potential for identifying patients with acute myocardial ischemia; this may have significant implications for urgent care (UC) based chest pain risk stratification. Citation: Chattopadhyay S, Adjei F, Kardos A. Changes in Cardiac Electrical Biomarker in Response to Coronary Arterial Occlusion: An Experimental Observation. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2024 Aug;17(4):870-878. doi: 10.1007/s12265-024-10487-w. Relevance: …
Read More52-Year-Old With Palpitations
A 52-year-old male presents to urgent care complaining of palpitations. An ECG is obtained. View the ECG captured above and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
Read More55-Year-Old Male With Dyspnea
A 55-year-old male with a history of heart failure presents to the urgent care with dyspnea. An ECG is obtained. View the ECG captured above and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
Read More53-Year-Old Female With Fatigue
A 53-year-old female with no significant past medical history presents to the urgent care with progressive fatigue for several weeks. An ECG is obtained. View the ECG captured above and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
Read MoreA 75-Year-Old Female with Dizziness and a Slow Heartbeat
The patient is a 75-year-old female who presents with dizziness and a slow heartbeat. She has a history of hypertension. View the ECG taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case begins on the next page.
Read MoreA 67-Year-Old Male with Chest Pain, Dyspnea, and a History of Lung Cancer
A 67-year-old male presents to urgent care complaining of pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. He has a history of lung cancer, but denies known cardiac history. View the ECG taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is describe on the next page.
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