Equipment Failure

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A new option for intramedullary fixation of Jones fractures: the Charlotte Carolina Jones Fracture System. 
  • A worldwide experience of the management of battery failures and chronic device retrieval of the Nanostim leadless pacemaker. 
  • Adverse events associated with fluoroscopically guided sacroiliac joint injections. 
  • Adverse events in the use of HeartMate vented electric and Novacor left ventricular assist devices: comparing apples and oranges. 
  • Anterior staple capsulorrhaphy for recurrent dislocation of the shoulder: a clinical and biomechanical study. 
  • Antitachycardia pacing for termination of ventricular tachyarrhythmias: should we use it? 
  • Assessment of symptomatic rod fracture after posterior instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity. 
  • Audible implantable cardioverter defibrillator alarms detect intermittent conductor discontinuity. 
  • Barriers for medical devices for the developing world. 
  • Bending stiffness and pull-out strength of tapered, variable pitch screws, and 6.5-mm cancellous screws in acute Jones fractures. 
  • Beware of life-threatening activation of air bubble detector during contrast echocardiography in patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenator support. 
  • Brace Success Is Related to Curve Type in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. 
  • Bragg grating-based fibre optic sensors in structural health monitoring. 
  • Cable externalization and electrical failure of the Riata family of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Capsule endoscopy performed across the pediatric age range: indications, incomplete studies, and utility in management of inflammatory bowel disease. 
  • Cardiac perforation and tamponade: being at the wrong place but at predictable times during balloon mitral commissurotomy. 
  • Causes and consequences of discontinuation of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in non-terminally ill patients. 
  • Cementless porous-coated anatomic total hip arthroplasty at Duke: 18- to 24-year follow-up. 
  • Central venous catheter integrity during mechanical power injection of iodinated contrast medium. 
  • Challenges of Maintaining Good Clinical Laboratory Practices in Low-Resource Settings:  A Health Program Evaluation Framework Case Study From East Africa. 
  • Characterization and predictors of first and subsequent inappropriate ICD therapy by heart rate ranges: Result of the MADIT-RIT efficacy analysis. 
  • Clinical evaluation of cardiovascular devices: principles, problems, and proposals for European regulatory reform. Report of a policy conference of the European Society of Cardiology. 
  • Common causes of open-circuit recreational diving fatalities. 
  • Comparison of primary jejunostomy tubes versus gastrojejunostomy tubes for percutaneous enteral nutrition. 
  • Comparison of total versus partial revision of initial ventriculoperitoneal shunt failures. 
  • Complication of the transtracheal catheter. 
  • Complications associated with optical-access laparoscopic trocars. 
  • Complications associated with realignment osteotomy of the knee performed simultaneously with additional reconstructive procedures. 
  • Complications from prophylactic replacement of cardiac implantable electronic device generators in response to United States Food and Drug Administration recall: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Computer modeling informs study design: vaginal estrogen to prevent mesh erosion after different routes of prolapse surgery. 
  • Cost Effectiveness of Childhood Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Nicaragua: A Disability Adjusted Life Year Model. 
  • Counterclockwise exit of cardiac pacemaker leads: sign of pulse-generator flip. 
  • Cross communication. Avoiding device interference in pacemakers and ICDs. 
  • Damage to an armored endotracheal tube introduced via the intubating laryngeal mask airway induced by biting. 
  • Defective parallel-hole collimator encountered in SPECT: a suggested approach to avoid potential problems. 
  • Defibrillation coil reversal: a rare cause of abnormal noise and inappropriate shocks. 
  • Deployment of a previously embolized, unexpanded, and disarticulated Palmaz-Schatz stent. 
  • Determining the service lives of organic-vapor respirator cartridges for nitroglycerin under workplace conditions. 
  • Device therapy in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease. 
  • Diagnosing coronary arterial stent thrombosis and arterial closure. 
  • Dissociations of the Fluocinolone Acetonide Implant: The Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial and Follow-up Study. 
  • Distal radius fractures: strategic alternatives to volar plate fixation. 
  • ECT failure rate among specific devices. 
  • Early failure of a small diameter high-voltage implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead. 
  • Effect of changing indications and techniques on total hip resurfacing. 
  • Effect of defibrillation threshold testing on heart failure hospitalization or death in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT). 
  • Effectiveness of medical equipment donations to improve health systems: how much medical equipment is broken in the developing world? 
  • Efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for the prevention of sudden death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Efficacy of saline vs heparin in maintaining 24-gauge intermittent intravenous catheters in a rabbit model. 
  • Epicardial ventricular pacemaker electrode longevity in children. 
  • Essentials for ventilator-alarm systems. 
  • Evaluation of outpatients experiencing implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks associated with minimal symptoms. 
  • Evidence-based approach to the maintenance of laboratory and medical equipment in resource-poor settings. 
  • Exercise training and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in patients with heart failure: results from HF-ACTION (Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing). 
  • Extraction of defibrillator leads recalled for cable externalization and failure. 
  • Factors influencing function of temporary dialysis catheters. 
  • Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part I: Obstruction and mechanical failure. 
  • Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part II: overdrainage, loculation, and abdominal complications. 
  • Failure to harvest sentinel lymph nodes identified by preoperative lymphoscintigraphy in breast cancer patients. 
  • Fractured pediatric central venous catheters - Repair or replace? 
  • Fractures of the polyethylene bearing insert in Bateman bipolar hip prostheses. 
  • Functional restoration of occluded central venous catheters: new interventional techniques. 
  • GDP Matters: Cost Effectiveness of Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
  • Gastric acid burns because of a disconnected nasogastric tube. 
  • Glove perforations in ophthalmic surgery. 
  • HeartMate XVE malfunction caused by fluid aspiration into the vent port. 
  • Heartmate III Replacement for Recurring Left Ventricular Assist Device Pump Thrombosis. 
  • Hemocompatibility-Related Outcomes in the MOMENTUM 3 Trial at 6 Months: A Randomized Controlled Study of a Fully Magnetically Levitated Pump in Advanced Heart Failure. 
  • Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow device impingement in the subclavian position: a case report. 
  • Hidden damage to a reinforced LMA-Fastrach endotracheal tube. 
  • Impact of Race on 30-Day Complication Rates After Elective Complex Spinal Fusion (≥5 Levels): A Single Institutional Study of 446 Patients. 
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: risks accompany the life-saving benefits. 
  • Inadvertent development of subatmospheric airway pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in MADIT II: frequency, mechanisms, predictors, and survival impact. 
  • Increasing the time to expander-implant exchange after postmastectomy radiation therapy reduces expander-implant failure. 
  • Ineffective use of condoms among young women in managed care. 
  • Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) analysis of pump thrombosis in the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device. 
  • Interluminal communication in a pulmonary artery catheter causing artifactual pressure measurement. 
  • Internal fixation of radiation-induced pathological fractures of the femur has a high rate of failure. 
  • Intracapsular implant rupture: MR findings of incomplete shell collapse. 
  • Intramedullary screw fixation of Jones fractures. Analysis of failure. 
  • Introducer sheath malfunction producing insidious air embolism. 
  • Keep it flowing: a simulation involving defective anesthetic gas delivery equipment. 
  • Knotted peripheral nerve catheter. 
  • Laser wire for crossing chronic total occlusions: "learning phase" results from the U.S. TOTAL trial. Total Occlusion Trial With Angioplasty by Using a Laser Wire. 
  • Laser-assisted extraction of pacemaker and defibrillator leads: the role of the cardiac surgeon. 
  • Late accidental dislodgement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube: an underestimated burden on patients and the health care system. 
  • Limitations of closing percutaneous transthoracic ventricular access ports using a commercial collagen vascular closure device. 
  • Location and etiology of flexible and semirigid ureteroscope damage. 
  • Long-term outcomes and costs of ventricular assist devices among Medicare beneficiaries. 
  • MR detection of leakage from silicone breast implants: value of a silicone-selective pulse sequence. 
  • Major complications associated with transcatheter atrial septal occluder implantation: a review of the medical literature and the manufacturer and user facility device experience (MAUDE) database. 
  • Management of male incontinence following artificial urinary sphincter failure. 
  • Management of recalled pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a decision analysis model. 
  • Management of retained retractor during radical perineal prostatectomy. 
  • Mandatory diagnostic screening tests to individualize therapy: a curious paradox. 
  • Mechanical complications after percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (from APEX-AMI). 
  • Mechanisms of inappropriate defibrillator therapy in a modern cohort of remotely monitored patients. 
  • Memory artifact related to selenium-based digital radiography systems. 
  • Mesh erosion in abdominal sacral colpopexy with and without concomitant hysterectomy. 
  • No benefit of a dual coil over a single coil ICD lead: evidence from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial. 
  • Not every bulb is a rose: a functional comparison of bulb suction devices. 
  • Novel ICD Programming and Inappropriate ICD Therapy in CRT-D Versus ICD Patients: A MADIT-RIT Sub-Study. 
  • Novel mechanism of premature battery failure due to lithium cluster formation in implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. 
  • Occipitocervical fusion with rigid internal fixation: long-term follow-up data in 69 patients. 
  • Optimal management of Riata leads with no known electrical abnormalities or externalization: a decision analysis. 
  • Outcomes 1 Year After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Abandonment Versus Explantation for Unused or Malfunctioning Leads: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Outcomes after implantable left ventricular assist device replacement procedures. 
  • Outcomes of left ventricular assist device implantation as destination therapy in the post-REMATCH era: implications for patient selection. 
  • Part I: Identifying holes in the safety net. 
  • Patient, physician, and procedural factors influencing the use of defibrillation testing during initial implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion: findings from the NCDR®. 
  • Percutaneous catheter balloons: failure to deflate. 
  • Percutaneous interventions in high-risk patients following Mustard repair of transposition of the great arteries. 
  • Percutaneous interventions on the hemodialysis reliable outflow vascular access device. 
  • Perioperative Nurses' Work Experience With Robotic Surgery: A Focus Group Study. 
  • Perioperative complications influence recurrence and survival after resection of hepatic colorectal metastases. 
  • Pigtail catheters used for percutaneous fluid drainage: comparison of performance characteristics. 
  • Postmarket evaluation of breakthrough technologies. 
  • Predictors of intra-aortic balloon pump hemodynamic failure in non-acute myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock. 
  • Preparedness planning before mechanical circulatory support: a "how-to" guide for palliative medicine clinicians. 
  • Processes of particle deposition in membrane operation and fabrication. 
  • Prospective evaluation of a Dacron cuffed hemodialysis catheter for prolonged use. 
  • Radiation dosimetry using polymer gels: methods and applications. 
  • Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Three Different Modalities of Lithotrites for Intracorporeal Lithotripsy in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy. 
  • Randomized controlled, multicentre clinical trial comparing a dual-probe ultrasonic lithotrite with a single-probe lithotrite for percutaneous nephrolithotomy. 
  • Re: Noninvasive repair of broken tunneled pleural catheters. 
  • Real-time dose-rate monitoring with gynecologic brachytherapy: Results of an initial clinical trial. 
  • Reducing Accidental Dislodgement of the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: A Prospective Trial of the "SafetyBreak" Device. 
  • Reduction in inappropriate therapy and mortality through ICD programming. 
  • Refining the focus of construction injury surveillance. 
  • Reproducibility of 24-hour intraesophageal pH monitoring. 
  • Revision cochlear implant surgery in children: the Johns Hopkins experience. 
  • Right-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an amplatzer septal occlusion device following closure of a secundum atrial septal defect. 
  • Risk factors for failed transverse sinus stenting in pseudotumor cerebri patients. 
  • Safety of transscleral-sutured intraocular lenses in children. 
  • Shunt fracture following correction of spinal deformity. Case illustration. 
  • Silastic cuffed catheters for hemodialysis vascular access: thrombolytic and mechanical correction of malfunction. 
  • Simultaneous restenosis of Taxus and Cypher drug-eluting stents. 
  • Spontaneous delayed migration/shortening of the pipeline embolization device: report of 5 cases. 
  • Subvalvular thrombotic obstruction of an aortic porcine heterograft. 
  • Successful emergency transplantation of a liver allograft from a donor maintained on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. 
  • Survival Analysis of Occipital Nerve Stimulator Leads Placed under Fluoroscopic Guidance with and without Ultrasonography. 
  • Technical complications and durability of hepatic artery infusion pumps for unresectable colorectal liver metastases: an institutional experience of 544 consecutive cases. 
  • Techniques for the removal of broken small-diameter tibial nails: a report of two cases. 
  • Techniques to maximize flexible ureteroscope longevity. 
  • Technologic advances for evaluation of cervical cytology: is newer better? 
  • Technology assessment status evaluation: bipolar and multipolar accessories, February 1996. 
  • Technology assessment status evaluation: overtube use in gastrointestinal endoscopy March 1996. 
  • The FDA in the 21st Century: How Is the FDA Responding to the New World? A Focus on Heart Failure Devices. 
  • The National ICD Registry Report: version 2.1 including leads and pediatrics for years 2010 and 2011. 
  • The endotracheal tube air leak test does not predict extubation outcome in critically ill pediatric patients. 
  • The extent and importance of unintended consequences related to computerized provider order entry. 
  • The incidence, risk factors, and outcomes associated with late right-sided heart failure in patients supported with an axial-flow left ventricular assist device. 
  • The radiology of cardiac pacemakers. 
  • The spectrum of complications following left ventricular assist device placement. 
  • Time-dependent risk of Fidelis lead failure. 
  • Total en bloc spondylectomy for locally aggressive and primary malignant tumors of the lumbar spine. 
  • Transient data stream dissociation in computerized data acquisition system masquerading as a sensing abnormality. 
  • Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes. 
  • Use of extracorporeal life support in patients with congenital heart disease. 
  • Venous thrombosis and stenosis after implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators. 
  • Ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure causing myelopathy in a patient with bilateral jugular vein occlusion. Case report. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Attarian, David Edward, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Gottfried, Oren N, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Richard Sean Stack, M.D. / Guidant Foundation Professor of Cardiology, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology