ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH PACEMAKER

Cardiac pacing remains one of the most reliable means of treating various arrhythmias especially brady-arrhythmias since 1950. Implantable pacemakers, as a method for treating heart problems, gained popularity recently and as a result, more patients with these devices are likely to present for elective or emergency surgeries. Careful preoperative anesthetic evaluation is mandatory for proper intraop management. It is essential for an anesthesiologist to anticipate, recognize and treat pacemaker dysfunction in the perioperative period. The anaesthetic management of a 24 year male with pacemaker, who came for a non-cardiac surgery, has been discussed in this case report.