Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Pacemaker pocket toileting by antibiotic solution and pacemaker pocket infection rate

Goutam Datta

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Objectives: Cardiac implantable electronic device(CIED) infections now constitute ∼10% of all endocarditis cases. The incidence of CIED infection is usually <2%. Pacemaker pocket toileting by antibiotic solution is presumed to prevent pacemaker pocket contamination by microorganism. Methods: Two thousand and two hundred patients were studied over a period of five years from 2011 to 2016. There were 1096 patients in study group and 1104 patients in control group. Pacemaker pockets were toileted by gentamicin solution in study group and nothing was used in control group. Results: Pacemaker pocket infection occurred in 33 patients (1.5%) Seventeen patients in study group and sixteen patients in control group have suffered from pacemaker pocket infection. There were no statistical difference between study and control group in relation to pacemaker pocket infection rate. Conclusion: Our data suggest that pacemaker pocket toileting by antibiotic solution have no role in preventing pacemaker pocket infection.

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PACEMAKER POCKET TOILETING BY ANTIBIOTIC SOLUTION AND PACEMAKER POCKET INFECTION RATE, Goutam Datta INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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