Utilization of a Read‐only Pacemaker and Defibrillator Interrogator in the Emergency Department and Hospital.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Neuenschwander, James; Le, Tinh; Parekh, Ankur; Hiestand, Brian; Cordial, Parker; Le, Hana; Hammil, Eric; Kojasoy, Tumay; Peacock, W. Frank; Chang, Anna Marie
- Source
- Academic Emergency Medicine; Dec2020, Vol. 27 Issue 12, p1344-1347, 4p
- Subject
- CARDIAC pacemakers
COMPARATIVE studies
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
FISHER exact test
HOSPITALS
HOSPITAL emergency services
IMPLANTABLE cardioverter-defibrillators
MEDICAL records
PATIENT monitoring
COMPLICATIONS of prosthesis
RURAL hospitals
T-test (Statistics)
RETROSPECTIVE studies
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ACQUISITION of data methodology
- Language
- ISSN
- 10696563
The article reports that million patients with pacemakers and internal cardioverter defibrillators cardiac-implanted electronic devices (CIEDs) in the U.S. and the number of patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with CIED complications is likely to increase. Topics include the patients may present with complaints of chest pain, shortness of breath, and the ED disposition is frequently delayed because of questions surrounding CIED functionality.