Compartment Syndrome in Surgical Patients

@article{Warner2001CompartmentSI,
  title={Compartment Syndrome in Surgical Patients},
  author={Mary E. Warner and Lisa M. LaMaster and Amy K. Thoeming and Mary E Shirk Marienau and Mark A. A. Warner},
  journal={Anesthesiology},
  year={2001},
  volume={94},
  pages={705-708},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:42266327}
}
A case in which electrocautery induced a pacemaker in ventricle-paced, ventricLE-sensed, inhibited, rate-respon-sive (VVIR) mode to pace at a programmed maximum rate of 130 pulses/min is reported.
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