Electrocardiography pitfalls and artifacts: The 10 commandments

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-73

  Baranchuk, Adrian ^a   Shaw, Catherine ^a   Alanazi, Haitham ^a   Campbell, Debra ^a   Bally, Kathy ^a   Redfearn, Damian P ^a   Simpson, Christopher S ^a   Abdollah, Hoshiar ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 65349130587     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2009607     Document Type: Article

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