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Osborn Waves Essay

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Dear Editor-in-Chief, Dr. William G. Stevenson Regarding submission of the manuscript “Osborn waves following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – Effect of level of temperature management and risk of arrhythmia and death” The Osborn or J-wave, an upright deflection of the J-point on the electrocardiogram (ECG), was originally reported by Tomaszewski in 1938 and further investigated by Osborn in 1953 and is often observed during (severe) hypothermia. The severity of J-point deflection is inversely proportional with temperature lowering and fully reversible by rewarming. Numerous hypothermia related case reports suggest the presence of Osborn waves to increase the risk of malignant ventricular arrhythmia (VT/VF). We sought to investigate this …show more content…

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