American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine Guidelines in Electrodiagnostic Medicine: Implanted cardioverters and defibrillators

✍ Scribed by Lois Margaret Nora

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 180 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-639X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199610)19:10<1359::aid-mus20>3.0.co;2-o

✦ Synopsis

Guidelines in Electrodiagnostic Medicine is currently being revised to address the concerns of the AAEM membership and other interested parties. Upon completion, the revised guidelines will be distributed to the AAEM membership. Because of the many recent inquiries regarding electrodiagnostic testing in patients with implanted cardioverters and defibrillators, the new section of the guidelines addressing these devices is being published separately. As with all electrodiagnostic medicine consultations, the AAEM's Guidelines for Ethical Behavior Relating to Clinical Practice Issues in Electrodiagnostic Medicine should be followed. The informed consent section of this document is reproduced below.

Implanted cardioverters and defibrillators are increasingly used in clinical practice, but little is known about the actual safety hazards of these devices. The following guidelines for the performance of the electrodiagnostic medicine consultation on patients with active implanted cardioverters and de-~~