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- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015Physician administered sedation for DC cardioversion is safe-experience in a Tertiary CentreShow More
Dear Editor
We write to report that over the last 8 months we have used intravenous Midazolam for DC cardioversion and have not experienced the potential problems of excess or under sedation described by SJ Harrison and J Mayet.[1]
Between 11.12.2001 and 9.8.2002, 236 patients have undergone cardioversion using intravenous Midazolam with a mean dose of 7 mg(+/- 5.04 mg). 227(96.18 %) were successfully cardi...
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None declared. - Published on: 23 November 2015Time to redesign the cardioversion system?Show More
Dear Editor
The 'Viewpoint' presented by Harrison and Mayet [1] reiterates long- established observations on the difficulties in arranging elective DC cardioversion based on the need for a CCU bed and several different team members to be in the same place at the same time as a suitably prepared (fasted, appropriately anticoagulated and stable) patient.
The practice of arranging 'elective' admission to CCU i...
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