DOAJ Open Access 2016

Drug Fever in an Elderly Patient After Pacemaker Implantation

Dong Wook Lee Ju Hee Ha Jun Ho Kim Ki Beom Park Jae Joon Lee +2 lainnya

Abstrak

Pacemaker implantation-related infective endocarditis is an uncommon, but serious complication. The estimated incidence of infection after permanent endocardial pacemaker implantation varies from 0.2% to 3%. Infective endocarditis shows a mortality rate of 30% to 35%. Conservative medical treatment without removing the pacemaker is prone to failure, and reinfection rates of 51% to 77% have been noted in patients whose pacemaker systems become infected. Therefore, diagnosis of the primary infection is particularly important because surgical removal of the pacemaker system is usually required for its treatment. We describe here an 80-year-old woman who had drug fever that could have been misdiagnosed as infective endocarditis after pacemaker implantation.

Topik & Kata Kunci

Medicine Geriatrics

Penulis (7)

Dong Wook Lee

Ju Hee Ha

Jun Ho Kim

Ki Beom Park

Jae Joon Lee

Han Il Choi

Jin Hee Kim

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Lee, D.W., Ha, J.H., Kim, J.H., Park, K.B., Lee, J.J., Choi, H.I. et al. (2016). Drug Fever in an Elderly Patient After Pacemaker Implantation. https://doi.org/10.4235/agmr.2016.20.4.229

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Tahun Terbit: 2016
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.4235/agmr.2016.20.4.229
Akses: Open Access ✓