ID Number		1546
Study Type		Engineering & Physics
Model		Case study of EMI between a mobile phone and an infusion pump
Details		initial anecdotal report of interference between mobile phone emissions and an infusion pump at Columbia University Hospital. A patient who arrived at the hospital with septic shock was placed on intravenous epinephrine, with a rate of delivery = 1.5 ml/h. After 9 uneventful hours, the patient complained of abdominal pains. The hospital determined that for approximately 2 minutes the epinephrine delivery rate was 999 ml/h. A staff member stated that a visiting family member had received a mobile phone call just before the acute episode. Subsequent laboratory testing replicated the event using mobile phone emissions.
Findings		Not Applicable to Bioeffects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Columbia University College of Physicians and Surg
Funding Agency		Private/Instit.
Country		UNITED STATES
References		Hahn , IH et al. Ann Emerg Med, (2005) 46:298-299
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