Re-usage of external pacing electrodes results in skin burns

Resuscitation. 2013 Sep;84(9):e127-8. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.05.025. Epub 2013 Jun 11.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Burns, Electric / etiology*
  • Burns, Electric / physiopathology
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / adverse effects*
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods
  • Cost Savings
  • Critical Illness / therapy
  • Electrodes / adverse effects*
  • Equipment Failure
  • Equipment Reuse / economics
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Block / complications
  • Heart Block / diagnosis
  • Heart Block / therapy
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy
  • Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects
  • Patient Safety
  • Risk Assessment
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / complications
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnosis
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / therapy*
  • Skin / injuries
  • Skin / physiopathology*