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This week’s cheese post will review recent literature that examines the role of antiarrhythmic medications in shockable cardiac arrest. Although algorithmic, these data may suggest some nuance in your approach to the management of shockable rhythms can improve your chances of obtaining ROSC.
Vladimir Bernstein, MD
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Is weight-based dosing for IV diltiazem in atrial fibrillation better than fixed dosing in treating atrial fibrillation? And which weight do we use? Given diltiazem has a half-life of 3 to 4.5 hours, you’ll want to be sure the dose you give is right dose for the patient. Find out more in the following article.
Joanne Routsolias PharmD
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Figure 1. Index visit ekg.
Here you have a 46-year-old woman presents with palpitations. You are handed the following ECG. What is your interpretation?
Alejandro Negrete, MD
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