Experience of temporary cardiac pacing in a district general hospital.
Temporary cardiac pacing is widely used in the management of dysrhythmias; increasingly it is being employed in district general hospitals without specialist cardiology facilities. A retrospective study of 117 pacing procedures in a district hospital has shown that temporary pacing is both safe and effective and supports its more widespread use.
D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies