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Contact dermatitis to self‐adhesive ECG electrodes
Author(s) -
Rühlemann David,
Kügler Katrin,
Mydlach Birgit,
Frosch Peter J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01718.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology
A 45-year-old woman with a long QT-syndrome, which required regular ECG monitoring, developed a skin reaction shortly after electrocardiography ECG electrodes had been in place for 3 days. The eruption was primarily confined to the areas where the electrodes had been and consisted of pruritic papules but she also had scattered papules on the upper arms. Patch tests with a number of ECG electrodes (3M Health Care®, Neuss, Germany) were performed. The electrodes were placed on the skin for 2 days. Additionally, patch tests to individual parts were separately applied. The central conducting gel was scraped off and applied in a large Finn Chamber®; we cleaned the metal part of the ECG electrode with water and alcohol and applied it with Scanpor tape® after removing the adhesive ring; the latter was taped to the skin separately.