title: ECG Of The Month: Sepsis, ARDS, and Tracheal Intubation.
abstract: A furuncle on the leg of a 23-year-old woman led to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus sepsis and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring tracheal intubation in the intensive care unit (ICU). Initially her electrocardiograms (ECGs) showed sinus tachycardia, but otherwise were unchanged from prior ECGs. A week into her ICU stay a different rhythm occurred.
authors.affiliation: Emeritus professor in the Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.
authors.forename: D Luke
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Glancy
authors.affiliation: Assistant professor in the Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.
authors.forename: Prashanthi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Atluri
mesh_terms: D001146:Arrhythmia, Sinus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult