Inadvertent triggering of the ventilator caused by surgically placed pacer wires

Respiratory Care

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1334-1336

  France, Timothy E ^a   Randolph Garnett, A ^a   Grooms, David ^a  

^a SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotriggering; External pacemaker; Flow trigger; Inadvertent triggering; Pressure trigger; Respiratory alkalosis; Waveforms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INADVERTENT VENTILATOR TRIGGERING; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; SEDATION; VENTILATOR;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864802441     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01378     Document Type: Article

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