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ECG Basics | ECG Review | ECG Archive | ECG Cases | ECG Quizes ECG Case #2 A 62 year old female with a history of hypertension, diabetes, and end stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis presents to the emergency department with increasing shortness of breath and dizziness. She actually passed out twice in the last 1 hour. She missed her last 2 dialysis sessions. After administration of calcium gluconate IV the below ECG is obtained 2 minutes after the 1st ECG. Question #1 What are the ECG findings in ECG #1? Question #2 What are the progressive ECG changes seen as hyperkalemia gets worse? Question #3 What are the affects of cardiac pacing in a person with hyperkalemia? Question #4 Why do the P waves dissappear as hyperkalemia gets worse? Question #5 How does giving calcium act to reverse the ECG findings of hyperkalemia and protect the patient from further arrhythmia? 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
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