title: Cardiac arrest from the use of diathermy during total hip arthroplasty in a patient with an external pacemaker.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Grover
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial