A survey of ophthalmic anesthetists on managing pacemakers and implanted cardiac defibrillators [52]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1615-1616

  Bayes, Joseph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CAUTERIZATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; LETTER; MEDLINE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

ANESTHESIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845646819     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000246420.87846.69     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

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6. Personal communication by Mr. Michael Flanagan, Principal Technical Consultant, Guidant Corporation, 4100 Hamline Ave. North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5978 on December 8, 2005.
7. Personal communications by Ms. Mary Guy R.N., ICD Clinic Nurse, ICD Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114 on July 14, 2004