OLGU SUNUMU: YOĞUN BAKIM ÜNİTESİNDE EKG ELEKTROTUNA BAĞLI KONTAKT DERMATİT

Year 2010, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 21 - 23, 16.12.2010

Ibrahim Kurt Ali Sahın Ekin Savk Serkan Demırkan

Abstract

Elektrokardiyografi (EKG) monitörizasyonu sırasında kullanılan elektrotlara ait alerjik kontakt dermatitgörülebilir. Bu olgu sunumunda EKG elektroduna bağlı kontakt dermatit gelişen, atopik olmayan iki hastabildirilmektedir

Keywords

Kontakt dermatit, EKG, elektrot

Contact Dermatitis due to ECG Electrodes in Critical Care Unit (A Case Report)

Abstract

ECG electrodes can cause allergic contact dermatitis.We report two unusual cases of allergic contact dermatitis to ECG electrodes.

Keywords

Contact dermatitis, Electrocardiography(ECG), electrode

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