{"id":7360,"date":"2023-03-03T04:41:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T04:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/ekg-case-study\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T04:41:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T04:41:59","slug":"ekg-case-study","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/ekg-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"EKG Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 messageContent\">\n <b>Learning Goal: <\/b>I&#8217;m working on a health &amp; medical case study and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.<\/p>\n<p>Please answer all of the following questions. Each one is worth 1\/3 of a point. From the EKG provided.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the attachment of the lecture notes too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the heart rate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is each QRS complex preceded by a normal P wave?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Are the P waves upright in all leads except for aVR?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Are the P waves less than 0.12 seconds in duration?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Are any of the P waves greater than 2.5 mm in the inferior limbs or greater than 1.5 mm in V1 or V2?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there a second hump to the P wave in lead 2?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the axis orientation?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the PR segment at baseline?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the PR interval between 0.12 and 0.2 seconds in all leads?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the QRS complex &lt;0.12 seconds in all leads?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Are there any Q waves in two or more neighboring leads that are greater than or equal to 0.04 seconds or greater than 25% of the corresponding R wave amplitude?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there a Q wave in lead 3?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If so, is there S1Q3T3?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there R wave progression from V1 to V5 and then diminishment from V5 to V6?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Add the depth of the S wave in V1 or V2 (whichever is deepest) to the height of the R wave in V5 or V6. Is the total &lt;35 mm?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the R wave in aVL greater than or equal to 10 mm?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the R wave in lead 1 greater than or equal to 12 mm?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the R wave in aVF greater than or equal to 20 mm?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there an RSR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pattern in V1 with R\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 greater in amplitude than R?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Are there broad monomorphic R waves without Q waves in leads 1 and V6?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the R wave in either V1 or V2 greater than the corresponding S wave?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there an S wave in lead 1?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there a dominant S wave in V1?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there slurring of S waves in either lead 1 or V6?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there significant ST deviation in any of the leads? If so, which ones?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is each T wave concordant with the preceding QRS complex?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Are there any tall and peaked T waves?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Using Bazett\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s formula, what is the patient\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s QT interval?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the pattern of this EKG?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Please state three differential diagnoses specific to this EKG pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Goal: I&#8217;m working on a health &amp; medical case study and need the explanation and answer to help me learn. Please answer all of the following questions. Each one is worth 1\/3 of a point. From the EKG provided. Below is the attachment of the lecture notes too. What is the heart rate? 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