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Conductive heating mattress leads to ECG changes that mimic pacemaker spikes

Hypothermia is a common perioperative complication. To prevent perioperative hypothermia amongst other things electrical heating mattresses are used. We have made an observation with the use of an electrical heating mattress that may confuse users. In this case the ECG monitoring suddenly showed spi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bräuer, A., Franke, R., von Hammerstein-Equord, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32671670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10877-020-00520-z
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Sumario:Hypothermia is a common perioperative complication. To prevent perioperative hypothermia amongst other things electrical heating mattresses are used. We have made an observation with the use of an electrical heating mattress that may confuse users. In this case the ECG monitoring suddenly showed spikes that looked like spikes from an implanted pacemaker. When turning off the heating mattress the spikes disappeared and returned after turning on the heating mattress again.