Key result
Review outlines indications, pacemaker types, and anesthetic management for patients with permanent pacemakers.
Why the study?
Anaesthetists regularly encounter patients with permanent pacemakers and require knowledge of pacemaker types and management to ensure safe anaesthetic care, especially in frail and elderly patients.
Population
Over 25,000 patients with permanent pacemakers in Britain
Design
Review article
Authors
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May guide perioperative pacemaker management; leaves open need for prospective validation of device-specific protocols.
Provides a comprehensive review of the indications, types, and anaesthetic management of patients with permanent pacemakers.
Bloomfield et al. (1989) conducted a review in Permanent pacemaker. Anaesthetic management was evaluated. This review outlines the indications for permanent pacing, the types of pacemakers used, and the assessment and management of pacemaker patients for anaesthesia.
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