a: pacemaker ~
b: mechanical ventilation or renal dialysis
What:
"A pacemaker is a battery-driven form of life support. It belongs to the patient, not us. In this way, a pacemaker is like mechanical ventilation or renal dialysis. Though inside the body, the pacemaker is extra, unlike say a heart valve that has been endothelialized (grown into the body), and would take extraordinary measures to remove."
Useful?
Writer: John Mandrola, MD
LCC:
Where:
Date: May 15 2016 3:42 PM
# 9924 Critique Analogy