ICU Vivas · Arrhythmia & cardiac arrest
Clinical viva — your approach to the arrhythmia in the ICU
A clinical viva on the approach to the arrhythmia — the stability (the unstable cardioverts), the QRS width (narrow vs broad), the type (AF, SVT, VT, brady), the drugs, and the post-arrest TTM.
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A clinical viva on the approach to the arrhythmia — the stability (the unstable cardioverts), the QRS width (narrow vs broad), the type (AF, SVT, VT, brady), the drugs, and the post-arrest TTM.
The question
"Take me through your approach to a patient who develops an arrhythmia in the ICU."[1]
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- [1]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.
- [2]Marino PL The ICU Book. 4th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014.