An Unusual ECG Artifact Caused by Faulty Cardiac Monitor Leads
| العنوان: | An Unusual ECG Artifact Caused by Faulty Cardiac Monitor Leads |
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| المؤلفون: | Bryan Imhoff, Wesley Casey |
| المصدر: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2021) Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Artifact (error), emergency department, business.industry, ECG, RC86-88.9, artifact, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, Troubleshooting, Emergency department, Emergency Nursing, medicine.disease, Present illness, cardiac monitor, Ecg findings, Images In Emergency Medicine, Female patient, Emergency Medicine, Medicine, Medical emergency, cardiovascular diseases, Fixed frequency, business, Stepwise approach, circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| الوصف: | Author(s): Imhoff, Bryan; Casey, Wesley | Abstract: Case Presentation: We present the case of a 74-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency department with lower extremity weakness found to have a fixed frequency square wave artifact in all leads of her electrocardiogram (ECG). After troubleshooting, faulty external cardiac monitor leads were identified as the cause of this unique artifact.Discussion: The ECG is an important diagnostic tool for medical providers. Electrocardiogram artifacts are extremely common, and knowledge of artifacts is necessary to prevent inappropriate interpretation, diagnostic error, and unnecessary workup. Medical providers should have a low threshold for suspicion when ECG findings do not correlate with the patient’s chief complaint or history of present illness. They must also be familiar with the most frequent ECG artifact variants and be prepared to follow a stepwise approach to troubleshoot less frequent variants. |
| تدمد: | 2474-252X |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::60db7fe907738cb5c4810cb39c6fa7ea https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34437025 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....60db7fe907738cb5c4810cb39c6fa7ea |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 2474252X |
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