title: [Multiprogrammable pacemakers. Complications. Nursing care].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruiz Rodríguez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Madrazo Ríos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bueno Leza
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sit
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Queizán
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Marcapasos multiprogramables. Complicaciones. Atención de enfermería.