The ECG in Emergency Medicine

Useful for emergency medicine physicians, this issue focuses on electrocardiogram (ECG) and its invaluable role to physicians on the front line. Traditional uses such as the diagnosis of dysrhythmia and acute coronary syndromes are detailed, and nontraditional topics of ECG interpretation are also included.

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For the fist time in 25 years, the "Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America" features an issue devoted entirely to the electrocardiogram (ECG) and its invaluable role to physicians on the front line. This inexpensive, easy-to-use tool yields a wealth of information to emergency medicine physicians. Traditional uses such as the diagnosis of dysrhythmia and acute coronary syndromes are expertly detailed, and nontraditional topics of ECG interpretation are also included such as detection of electrode misconnection and artifact. Don't miss this one!