Sridhara Srilekha, Mayer Patricia A
Internal Medicine, Banner Baywood Medical Center, Mesa, USA.
Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Banner Health, Mesa, USA.
Cureus. 2018 Jul 22;10(7):e3027. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3027.
Medical and ethical dilemmas surrounding endocarditis and cardiac valve replacements related to intravenous drug use have been described often. Less well-described are dilemmas associated with pacemaker implantation in such patients. We describe a patient with a substance use disorder for whom a pacemaker was medically indicated.
围绕与静脉注射吸毒相关的心内膜炎和心脏瓣膜置换的医学和伦理困境已被频繁描述。与此类患者起搏器植入相关的困境则较少被描述。我们描述了一名患有物质使用障碍的患者,对其而言植入起搏器具有医学指征。