Osborn wave

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Osborn wave,

an abnormal upward deflection in the electrocardiogram (ECG) occurring at the junction of the QRS complex and the S-T segment. It is often found in ECGs of patients with moderate hypothermia and becomes more pronounced as body temperature declines. Also called J wave.

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J wave			Osborn waves associated with ventricular fibrillation in a patient with vasospastic angina. Dev Osborn dalgalari gorulen bir hipotermi olgusu/Report of a case ... by Hoscan, Yesim; Ozgul, Mustafa / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi) 6[degrees]C) rectal Heart rate: 77 beats per minute PR: 140 milliseconds QRS: 65 milliseconds QTc: 470 milliseconds [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] [FIGURE 3 OMITTED] Discussion The J-wave or Osborn wave (after Osborn's work into the mechanisms of this electrocardiographic change in the early 1950s (1)) is a prominent positive deflection in the terminal portion of the QRS complex. Osborn waves in sepsis by Francis, John E. / Southern Medical Journal			Oryx Oryx gazella Oryzias latipes Os os 1 os calcis os capitatum os coccygis os coxae os cuboideum os hamatum os hyoideum os intermetatarseum os lunatum os magnum os naviculare pedis OS strain os trapezium os trapezoideum os trigonum os triquetrum os1 os2 OSA OSAP Osborn wave Osborne Osborne and Cotterill procedure osc oscar OSCC osche(o)- osche- oscheal oscheitis oscheo- oscheocele oscheohydrocele oscheoma oscheoplasty Oschmarenia oscill(o)- oscill- oscillate oscillating saw oscillating vision oscillation oscillation component oscillations oscillator Oscillatoria			OSBDC OSBE OSBEELS OSBELTCA OSBEP OSBF OSBFC OSBFP OSBG OSBH OSBHE OSBI OSBIE OSBIH OSBK OSBL OSBLSW OSBM OSBMA OSBMLS OSBN OSBN-SA OSBO Osborn wave Osborn, Elburt Franklin Osborn, Henry Fairfield Osborn, William Osborne Osborne Osborne Osborne 1 Osborne and Cotterill procedure Osborne Computer Corporation Osborne County Osborne County Memorial Hospital Osborne County, Kansas Osborne County, KS Osborne Division of General Practice Osborne Enterprises Jellyroll Productions Osborne Head Gunnery Range Osborne Henry Mavor Osborne House Osborne House Osborne I Osborne Mavor Osborne Naval College Osborne Naval College Osborne Reynolds Osborne rule Osborne rule Osborne Village Resource Centre Osborne's rule Osborne's rule Osborne, Adam

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