A post-op patient had
sudden onset of dyspnea and oxygen saturation is low. What is the possible
diagnosis?
Figure 1 - 12 lead ECG
Below are the cropped
images of the baseline telemetry data and during the symptomatic episode
Figure 2 - Comparison of baseline telemetry vs
symptomatic episode
During the symptomatic
episode, there is sinus tachycardia (~125 bpm or 1500/12) and there is S wave
in lea I and there is a Q wave
and T wave inversion in lead III or there is S1Q3T3 pattern. It was confirmed
that the patient had pulmonary embolism.
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