Education curriculum assessment for teaching electrocardiography: Rationale and design for the prospective, international, randomized controlled EDUCATE trial.

Background: Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation training is a fundamental component of medical education across disciplines. However, the skill of interpreting ECGs is not universal among medical graduates, and numerous barriers and challenges exist in medical training and clinical practice. An evidence-based and widely accessible learning solution is needed.

ECG Interpretation Proficiency of Healthcare Professionals.

ECG interpretation is essential in modern medicine, yet achieving and maintaining competency can be challenging for healthcare professionals. Quantifying proficiency gaps can inform educational interventions for addressing these challenges. Medical professionals from diverse disciplines and training levels interpreted 30 12-lead ECGs with common urgent and nonurgent findings.

A deep neural network learning algorithm outperforms a conventional algorithm for emergency department electrocardiogram interpretation.

Background: Cardiologs® has developed the first electrocardiogram (ECG) algorithm that uses a deep neural network (DNN) for full 12‑lead ECG analysis, including rhythm, QRS and ST-T-U waves. We compared the accuracy of the first version of Cardiologs® DNN algorithm to the Mortara/Veritas® conventional algorithm in emergency department (ED) ECGs.

Methods: Individual ECG diagnoses were prospectively mapped to one of 16 pre-specified groups of ECG diagnoses, which were further classified as "major" ECG abnormality or not.

Proximal RCA occlusion producing anterior ST segment elevation, Q waves, and T wave inversion.

An ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) that produces anterior ST segment elevation (STE) is typically caused by acute occlusion of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery. Anterior STE, however, may also be caused by acute occlusion of either the proximal right coronary artery (RCA) or the right ventricular marginal branch (RVB). It has been thought that, in contrast to occlusions of the LAD, proximal RCA/RVB occlusion rarely causes Q waves in the right precordial leads.

Infectious vaginitis.

Preview Until recently, vaginal candidiasis was generally managed with topical preparations, whereas trichomoniasis and bacterial vaginosis required systemic therapy. Now both topical and systemic therapies are available for vaginal candidiasis and bacterial vaginosis, although systemic therapy is still recommended for trichomoniasis. This article reviews considerations in selecting the most appropriate therapy, including drug efficacy, history of recurrence, ease of administration, and cost.