title: A simple solution to pseudoarrhythmia during continuous renal replacement therapy.
abstract: Electrical artifacts during continuous renal replacement therapy can make cardiac monitoring difficult and have, in the past, resulted in unnecessary and potentially harmful treatment when such artifacts are mistaken for arrhythmias. A case report illustrating such an artifact is described, as well as a simple method for grounding the fluid pathway which resulted in the disappearance of the pseudoarrhythmia seen during continuous renal replacement therapy.
authors.affiliation: Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario. clarence.graansma@grhosp.on.ca
authors.forename: Clarence
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Graansma
authors.forename: Tom T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Sheldon W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Tobe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016477:Artifacts; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D055672:Static Electricity / Q000009:adverse effects*