Just the Facts in Emergency Medicine 2001 by Cline
By Cline
*The perfect quick-reference better half to the bestselling 5th version of the Tintinalli Emergency drugs examine advisor *Just the proof provides the entire key strategies physicians and citizens want to know for board certification or re-certification, all in an easy-to-study, bullet-style layout *Prepared below the counsel of the yank university of Emergency Physicians.
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Potential causes should be diagnosed and treated: severe hypovolemia, cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax, massive pulmonary embolus, and rupture of the ventricular wall. 1 mg/kg if the first dose is not successful. Repeat epinephrine every 3 to 5 min. • Atropine 1 mg IV, up to 3 mg total, is also acceptable therapy if the electrical conduction is slow. ASYSTOLE (CARDIAC STANDSTILL) • Asystole is the complete absence of cardiac electrical activity. • Treatment is the same as for pulseless electrical activity with the addition of transcutaneous pacing if the preceding measures fail (although this is rarely successful).
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CARE • Low-energy cardioversion (25 to 50 J) is very successful in converting more than 90 percent of cases of atrial flutter into sinus rhythm. 35 mg/kg. • Intravenous esmolol will convert up to 60 percent of patients with new-onset atrial flutter to sinus rhythm. 1 mg/kg IV up to 1 mg, over 10 min, has a high success rate for conversion of atrial flutter (and atrial fibrillation) to sinus rhythm. Because of the possibility of provoking torsades de pointes, do not administer ibutilide to patients with hypokalemia, prolonged QT on the ECG, or congestive heart failure.
Top: ectopic PЈ waves (arrows). Bottom: atrial bigeminy. 16 SECTION 2 • RESUSCITATIVE PROBLEMS AND TECHNIQUES FIG. 8 Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MFAT). • Specific antidysrhythmic treatment is uncommonly indicated. • Magnesium sulfate 2 g IV over 60 s, followed by a constant infusion of 1 to 2 g/h, has been shown to decrease ectopy and convert MFAT to sinus rhythm in many patients. ATRIAL FLUTTER CLINICAL FEATURES • Atrial flutter is a rhythm that originates from a small area within the atria. The exact mechanism—whether reentry, automatic focus, or triggered dysrhythmia—is not known.