An 75-year-old female presented with community acquired Pneumonia. She has been successfully treated with Erythromycin and nebulised salbutamol. She has taken furosemide 40 mg/day and digoxin 0.25 mg /day for a number of years.
she developed a brief episode of chest pain in the ward. An electrocardiogram was taken.
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The diagnosis is Second Degree AV block
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it is 2:1 Heart block
ReplyDeleteYes 2:1 AV BLK may be do to dig, poss low K+ from lasix
ReplyDeleteThe reason for the block can be chronic use of Digoxin
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