Practice Management
An 83-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia presents to urgent care with palpitations and dizziness for the past 2 weeks. She does not have any family members present. 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.
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An 86-year-old male presents to urgent care with intermittent palpitations for the past several days. He says he has a history of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.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.
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The family of a 42-year-old male brings the patient to urgent care for altered mental status believing that they had arrived at an emergency department. His family found him on the floor at home with a non-functioning heater on a very cold day. He is bradycardic and ill-appearing. An ECG is obtained.
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A 55-year-old male with past medical history of alcohol use disorder presents to urgent care with frequent falls. He denies chest pain or shortness of breath. 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.
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A 75-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents with 1 day of dizziness and nausea. She is markedly bradycardic with a heart rate of 32 beats per minute and blood pressure of 88/52 on arrival. She was awake, alert, and oriented.
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A 61-year-old male with a history of hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease presents to urgent care on a Tuesday afternoon with 1 week of increased weakness. He says he’s “feeling off balance.” He denies chest pain, shortness of breath, or recent illness. An ECG is ordered. View the ECG and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
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A 60-year-old male with a past medical history of prior myocardial infarction (MI) is presenting with left-sided chest pain for 1 day. He reports nonadherence to his clopidogrel for 2 weeks after running out of his medications. View the ECG and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
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A 55-year-old male presents to urgent care with progressive dyspnea for 2 weeks associated with lower extremity edema. The patient is afebrile, slightly tachypneic, with bilateral lower extremity edema on exam. An ECG is ordered. View the ECG and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
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A 60-year-old female presents to urgent care with palpitations that started abruptly 1 hour prior to arrival. She denies recent illness or cardiac history. An ECG is ordered. View the ECG and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
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A 60-year-old male presents to urgent care with progressive dyspnea for 2 weeks associated with lower extremity edema. The patient is afebrile and slightly tachypneic with rales at the bilateral bases. 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.
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