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Defibrillation coil reversal: a rare cause of abnormal noise and inappropriate shocks.

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Jeevanantham, V; Levine, E; Budzikowski, AS; Shah, AH; Daubert, JP
Published in: Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
March 2008

We report a rare case of inadvertent reversal of the defibrillator shock coils during generator change which then resulted in both intermittent, recurrent "noise" on both the rate sensing and the shock electrogram leads and multiple inappropriate shocks.

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Published In

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol

DOI

EISSN

1540-8159

Publication Date

March 2008

Volume

31

Issue

3

Start / End Page

375 / 377

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Middle Aged
  • Medical Errors
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Equipment Failure
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electric Countershock
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Artifacts
 

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Jeevanantham, V., Levine, E., Budzikowski, A. S., Shah, A. H., & Daubert, J. P. (2008). Defibrillation coil reversal: a rare cause of abnormal noise and inappropriate shocks. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 31(3), 375–377. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01000.x
Jeevanantham, Vinodh, Ethan Levine, Adam S. Budzikowski, Abrar H. Shah, and James P. Daubert. “Defibrillation coil reversal: a rare cause of abnormal noise and inappropriate shocks.Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 31, no. 3 (March 2008): 375–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01000.x.
Jeevanantham V, Levine E, Budzikowski AS, Shah AH, Daubert JP. Defibrillation coil reversal: a rare cause of abnormal noise and inappropriate shocks. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008 Mar;31(3):375–7.
Jeevanantham, Vinodh, et al. “Defibrillation coil reversal: a rare cause of abnormal noise and inappropriate shocks.Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, vol. 31, no. 3, Mar. 2008, pp. 375–77. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01000.x.
Jeevanantham V, Levine E, Budzikowski AS, Shah AH, Daubert JP. Defibrillation coil reversal: a rare cause of abnormal noise and inappropriate shocks. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008 Mar;31(3):375–377.

Published In

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol

DOI

EISSN

1540-8159

Publication Date

March 2008

Volume

31

Issue

3

Start / End Page

375 / 377

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Middle Aged
  • Medical Errors
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Equipment Failure
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electric Countershock
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Artifacts