The ECG above was obtained in the office from an older woman with hypertension and atypical chest discomfort. Has there been anterior infarction, or is this a "pseudo-infarct" pattern?
A common presenting complaint for patients seeking emergency medical care is acute abdominal pain. Although difficult to diagnose in healthy patients, it is even more challenging in special populations. This article will focus on three distinct populations: patients with altered immunologic function, pregnant women, and post-procedural patients.
You are nearing the end of a busy shift in your emergency department (ED) when pre-hospital providers arrive with your next patient. They bring in a 69-year-old male with a chief complaint of headache and chest pain. Emergency medical services (EMS) activated him as a "code STEMI" in the field. He is hypertensive, diaphoretic, and complaining of a headache and chest pain on arrival.
