[Multiprogrammable pacemakers. Complications. Nursing care].
This paper deals with the study of 927 patients of both sexes, with multiprogramable pacemakers implanted during 1987-1988 period, at the "Comandante Manuel Fajardo" Teaching Hospital and the Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery. Complications accounted for 14.9% and the most frequent were, in decreasing order, as follows: sepsis of the pocket (46.7%), hematoma of the pocket, increased threshold and, in a lower percentage, aseptic necrosis (5.7%). Emphasis is made in the role of the nurse in front of a patient with pacemaker and of the different complications presented.
Ruiz Rodríguez
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Madrazo Ríos
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Bueno Leza
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D003462:Cuba; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000451:nursing; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000451:nursing
Marcapasos multiprogramables. Complicaciones. Atención de enfermería.