Witherell C L
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 1994 Mar;6(1):85-101.
More than 110,000 men, women, and children receive permanent implanted pacemakers annually in the United States alone, and thousands more receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators; more still are treated for a brief period with temporary pacing in critical care settings. Because of the prevalence of rhythm disturbances and the growing use of devices as a means of therapy, critical care nurses may reasonably expect to care for patients receiving or already using such equipment. Knowledge of its function is a useful tool at the bedside. This article discusses basic attributes and behaviors of these devices and methods of diagnosing and dealing with the most commonly seen difficulties associated with them.
仅在美国，每年就有超过11万人（包括男性、女性和儿童）接受永久性植入式心脏起搏器，还有数千人接受植入式心脏复律除颤器；在重症监护环境中，还有更多人接受短期临时起搏治疗。由于心律失常的普遍性以及越来越多地使用这些设备作为治疗手段，重症监护护士有理由期望护理接受或已经在使用此类设备的患者。了解其功能是床边的一项有用工具。本文讨论了这些设备的基本特性和行为，以及诊断和处理与之相关的最常见困难的方法。
