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Interference of electrocardiographic recordings by a mobile telephone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2007

Malcolm Brodlie ,
Daniel Robertson  and
Jonathan Wyllie
Malcolm Brodlie
Affiliation:
Neonatal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Daniel Robertson
Affiliation:
Neonatal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Jonathan Wyllie
Affiliation:
Neonatal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
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Abstract

The ownership of mobile telephones is now almost universal amongst the teenage population of the United Kingdom. Such telephones are a potential source of electromagnetic interference to medical equipment. We describe a case of troublesome interference with an electrocardiogram recording in a teenage patient whose mobile telephone was left switched on during a visit to hospital. This is likely to be a common reason for poor quality electrocardiographic recordings.

Keywords

Medical devicescardiologypaediatrics
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 328 - 329
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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