• Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. · Aug 2015

    Review

    Emergency Care of Patients with Pacemakers and Defibrillators.

    • Michael G Allison and Haney A Mallemat.
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
    • Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2015 Aug 1;33(3):653-67.

    AbstractDevices such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are commonly inserted to treat unstable cardiac rhythm disturbances. Despite the benefits of these devices on mortality and morbidity rates, patients often present to the emergency department with complaints related to device insertion or malfunction. Emergency physicians must be able to rapidly identify potential life threats caused by pacemaker malfunction, ICD firing, and complications associated with implantation of the devices.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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