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Early detection of twiddler syndrome due a congestion alert by remote monitoring
Author(s) -
Sekimoto Satoru,
Wakamatsu Mai,
Morino Akihiro,
Yoshida Takayuki,
Saeki Tomoaki,
Murakami Yoshimasa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.979
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine
Key Clinical Message There are often false‐positive alerts of thoracic impedance monitoring; however, the “false‐positive alerts” might indicate any clinical problem of patient. In the present case, an alert for a drop in intrathoracic impedance, which generally indicates exacerbation of heart failure, enabled early detection of twiddler syndrome.

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