ECG artefacts in emergency medicine

Utility of the CORD ECG Database in Evaluating ECG Interpretation by Emergency Medicine Residents

OBJECTIVES Electrocardiograph (ECG) interpretation is a vital component of Emergency Medicine (EM) resident education, but few studies have formally examined ECG teaching methods used in residency training. Recently, the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) developed an Internet database of 395 ECGs that have been extensively peer-reviewed to incorporate all findings and abnormalities. We e...

ECG interpretation skills of South African Emergency Medicine residents

BACKGROUND The use and interpretation of electrocardiograms (ECGs) are widely accepted as an essential core skill in Emergency Medicine. It is imperative that emergency physicians are expert in ECG interpretation when they exit their training programme. AIM It is unknown whether South African Emergency Medicine trainees are getting the necessary skills in ECG interpretation during the trainin...

Cardiac enzyme in emergency medicine

Objective: Acute chest pain is an important and frequently occurring symptom in patients. Chest pain is often a sign of ischemic heart disease. Chest pain due to suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is responsible for a large and ijncreasing number of hospital attendances and admissions. Current practice for suspected ACS involves troponin testing 10–12 hours after symptom o...

Application of ICA in Removing Artefacts from the ECG

Routinely recorded electrocardiograms (ECGs) are often corrupted by different types of artefacts and many efforts have been made to enhance their quality by reducing the noise or artefacts. This paper addresses the problem of removing noise and artefacts from ECGs using Independent Component Analysis (ICA). An ICA algorithm is tested on 3−channel ECG recordings taken from human subjects, mostly...

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