title: Interference of electrocardiographic recordings by a mobile telephone.
abstract: The ownership of mobile telephones is now almost universal amongst the teenage population of the United Kingdom. Such telephones are a potential source of electromagnetic interference to medical equipment. We describe a case of troublesome interference with an electrocardiogram recording in a teenage patient whose mobile telephone was left switched on during a visit to hospital. This is likely to be a common reason for poor quality electrocardiographic recordings.
authors: Neonatal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom. m.j.brodlie@ncl.ac.uk
authors: Malcolm
authors: M
authors: Brodlie
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Robertson
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Wyllie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D040421:Cell Phone; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans