1 results match your criteria: "Consultant Cardiologist Musgrove Park Hospital[Affiliation]"
The effect of a standardised protocol for CIED insertion on complications and infection rates in a DGH.
Br J Cardiol
June 2021
Consultant Cardiologist Musgrove Park Hospital, Parkfield Drive, Taunton, TA1 5DA.
Article Synopsis
- A new insertion protocol for cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) was tested to see if it would reduce complications and infections post-surgery.
- The study found that the complication rate dropped significantly from 6.86% to 3.95% after the new protocol was implemented (p<0.0001).
- Infection rates also decreased from 1.6% to 0.44%, but this change was not statistically significant (p=0.093).