title: Permanent pacemakers in children.
abstract: Care of children with permanent pacemakers requires sophisticated nursing knowledge and skills. The tremendous advances in pacemaker technology and complexity of modern pacing provide challenges for nurses caring for these children and their families. Knowledge of pacing physiology, components of the pacing system, indications for pacing, post-pacemaker implant care, trouble-shooting of pacemaker problems, child and family teaching, and long-term follow-up is necessary for provision of safe, effective nursing care.
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daberkow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000451:nursing*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D006327:Heart Block / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010353:Patient Education as Topic