Vagus Nerve Stimulation and External Defibrillation during Resuscitation; a Letter to Editor
Journal Title: Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
External defibrillation in patients with implanted neuromodulatory devices is a crucial therapeutic challenge. We report a 63-year-old male patient with refractory epilepsy (RE) after recurrent ischaemic strokes in the middle cerebral artery and in the anterior cerebral artery territory 26 and 23 years ago. He received various therapeutic interventions to achieve seizure control with insufficient success. Therefore, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) (model Pulse 102, Aspire SR, Cyberonics Inc, Houston, Texas) was applied via insertion of a pulse generator in the left upper chest in 2011. VNS stimulation settings were: output current 1.0 mA, pulse width 500 µs, frequency 30 Hz, 30s ON, 3.0 minute OFF.
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- DOI 10.22037/emergency.v6i1.20752
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