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Why active implants demand proactive management

What happens when a surgeon uses the monopolar instrument set on 30-W coagulation mode to create an upper midline incision in a patient with a pacemaker? Pacemaker function is interrupted, causing a heart block that results in hemodynamic instability—or at least, this is what could happen without taking the necessary…

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By: Mary A. Marvin, APRN-BC and Jill Teubel, MSN, RN
January 1, 2025
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