Prehospital Cardiac Pacing Increases Mortality Risk

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TOPLINE: A recent study has found prehospital transcutaneous cardiac pacing (TCP) in patients with bradycardia to be associated with a high mortality rate of 63.4%, and TCP failure associated with increased body weight, non-bradycardic initial heart rate, and pre-TCP hypoxia. METHODOLOGY: Deidentified electronic health record (EHR) data of 13,270 patients (median age, 71 years; 55% […]

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Publish date : 2024-09-02 07:08:31

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