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Slow Atrial Fibrillation or Complete Heart Block: Lewis lead to the rescue

A 90-year-old gentleman presents via ambulance to the ED. He has suffered a presyncopal episode…

Dr Peter Kas09/11/2024

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Resuscitation Literature Review October 2019

This week, I wanted to quickly review some of the latest resuscitation literature. Let's look…

Dr Peter Kas29/10/2019

Blog Cardiology ECG ECG in 20 seconds ECG Of The Week

The Lewis Lead

The Lewis lead(1), is a means of detecting atrial activity and can be used where…

Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024

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Benediction Sign

The Benediction Sign is mistakenly called an Ulnar nerve injury. It is in fact a…

Dr Peter Kas26/01/2023

Blog ECG ECG in 20 seconds ECG Library ECG Of The Week ECG's I've Seen

ST Elevation in aVR

A 70 year old woman presents with severe shortness of breath and chest pain. She…

Dr Peter Kas13/08/2023

Blog Cardiology ECG ECG's I've Seen

Brugada Syndrome

A 25 year old male presents to the emergency department following a near syncopal episode.…

Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024

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11 Things to Maximise Adult Cardiac Resuscitation

INTRODUCTION I was recently speaking with a colleague, about a recently published paper on ‘ideal’…

Dr Peter Kas15/07/2023

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Double Sequential External Defibrillation

Double Sequential External Defibrillation(DSED) is a means of administering sequential shocks to terminate shock resistant…

Dr Peter Kas24/07/2019

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Complications of Bariatric Surgery

In this blog we discuss the various complications of Bariatric Surgery. Bariatric surgery is one…

Dr Peter Kas11/07/2026

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Gilula’s Carpal Arcs

Gilula's carpal arcs are used to determine carpal alignment. They can assist in identifying ligamentous…

Dr Peter Kas26/01/2023

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Runaway Pacemaker and Lethal Arrhythmia

A potential complication of a failing pacemaker, is a condition known as 'Runaway Pacemaker'. Below…

Dr Peter Kas17/07/2019

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Hypertensive Emergencies and how to treat them

Hypertensive emergencies are defined as sudden and prolonged increases in the arterial blood pressure, with…

Dr Peter Kas14/07/2019

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Phenytoin and Levetiracetam: EcLIPSE and ConSEPT trials

There has been a longstanding discussion over which is the best second-line agent to use…

Dr Peter Kas12/07/2019

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Honey for Button Battery Ingestion?

A 25-year-old patient presents with recurrent lithium button battery ingestion. She had been admitted with…

Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023

U wave - ECG - RESUS - Emergency Medicine Education

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The U wave and the ECG: Don’t miss this

The U wave is an often ignored deflection on the ECG. It is usually <…