TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cardiac Arrhythmias A1 - Buckley II, Clifford James A1 - Garcia, Bogar A2 - Stone, C. Keith A2 - Humphries, Roger L. PY - 2017 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Emergency Medicine, 8e AB - Patients with cardiac arrhythmias often present to the emergency department. The patient’s clinical presentation determines the urgency with which the assessment and management should proceed. Patients with serious signs and symptoms (ie, shock, hypotension, congestive heart failure [CHF], severe shortness of breath, altered level of consciousness, ischemic chest pain, or acute myocardial infarction) require immediate treatment. With stable patients, more time is afforded for review of the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), rhythm strip, and previous ECGs to diagnose the arrhythmia. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176291549 ER -