Electrocautery-induced asystole in a scoliosis patient with a pacemaker

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-22

  Bales, Joshua G ^a   Colon, Jimmie ^a   Ramadhyani, Usha ^a   Ledoux, Elma ^a   Bennett, James T ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asystole; Electrocautery; Electromagnetic interference; Pacemaker; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SINUS RHYTHM; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 33845738250     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000236222.68583.4e     Document Type: Article

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