| |
bloodstream
Title: bloodstream
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 434 | Pages: 1.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
bloodstream
Scientists at Duke University found that patients whose bloodstream was infected with bacteria from pneumonia, skin infections, ulcers or other sources had about a 50 percent chance the infection would later spread to their implanted cardiac device.
Damage to a pacemaker, a tool that maintains a regular heartbeat, or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), which monitors and sends electric shocks to correct abnormal heart rhythms, can be deadly if not treated soon after they become infected.
The …showed first 75 words of 434 total…
You are viewing only a small portion of the paper.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
|
|
…showed last 75 words of 434 total…in up to 20 percent of pacemakers and 1.3 percent of ICDs.
The infection often is difficult to detect, producing abnormal growths, redness or inflammation only 40 percent of the time.
Chamis said monitoring for an infection within the body, and helping to determine whether an implanted device should be removed, could be done by administering a blood test.
Patients who have received a cardiac device also can watch for symptoms common with bacteria infections such as fever.
Need a custom written paper?
|
|
|
