Author/Authors :
Wheelan، نويسنده , , Kevin R. and Legge، نويسنده , , Darlene M. and Sakowski، نويسنده , , Brent C. and Bruce، نويسنده , , Susan S. and Roberts، نويسنده , , David C. and Johnston، نويسنده , , L. Murphy and Moore، نويسنده , , B. Jane and Beveridge، نويسنده , , Thomas P. and Wells، نويسنده , , Peter J. and Vallabahn، نويسنده , , Ravi and Donsky، نويسنده , , Michael S. and Franklin، نويسنده , , Jay O، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We performed a retrospective analysis of 250 records of consecutive, newly implanted, pacemaker patients from a single center to determine the rate of postimplant complications and observations discovered before and during the prehospital discharge evaluation. No observations occurred in 246 of 250 patients (98.4%) (1-sided 95% confidence interval 96.4%). Of the 250 patients, 4 had observations that were discovered at the prehospital discharge check and required reprogramming to increase the sensitivity safety margin (3 atrial and 1 ventricular). We documented only 1 complication that was discovered before the predischarge evaluation through telemetry and resulted in an atrial lead revision.
