The American journal of emergency medicine
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To develop an alert/verbal/painful/unresponsive (AVPU) scale assessment system based on automated video and speech recognition technology (AVPU-AVSR) that can automatically assess a patient's level of consciousness and evaluate its performance through clinical simulation. ⋯ The AVPU-AVSR system showed good accuracy in assessing consciousness levels in a clinical simulation and has the potential to be implemented in clinical practice to automatically assess mental status.
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Case Reports
ECG lead misplacement in the frontal and horizontal plane mimicking A myocardial infarction: A case report.
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is an inexpensive, fundamental screening tool used in daily clinical practice. It is essential in the diagnosis of life-threatening conditions, such as acute myocardial infarctions, ventricular arrhythmias etc. However, ECG lead misplacement is a common technical error, which may translate into wrong interpretations, unnecessary investigations, and improper treatments. ⋯ Our case demonstrated the importance of high clinical suspicion in diagnosing ECG lead misplacement. It is the responsibility of both the healthcare workers who are performing and interpreting the ECG to be alert of a possible lead malposition, to prevent untoward consequences to the patient.