<s>
Microshock	B-Algorithm
refers	O
to	O
the	O
risk	O
that	O
patients	O
undergoing	O
medical	O
procedures	O
involving	O
externally	O
protruding	O
intracardiac	O
electrical	O
conductors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
external	O
pacemaker	B-Device
electrodes	O
,	O
or	O
saline	O
filled	O
catheters	O
,	O
could	O
suffer	O
an	O
electric	O
shock	O
causing	O
ventricular	O
fibrillation	O
(	O
VF	O
)	O
due	O
to	O
currents	O
entering	O
the	O
body	O
via	O
these	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
important	O
to	O
note	O
that	O
microshock	B-Algorithm
(	O
or	O
micro-shock	O
)	O
are	O
not	O
IEV	O
defined	O
terms	O
and	O
are	O
not	O
used	O
in	O
any	O
international	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
has	O
never	O
been	O
a	O
documented	O
case	O
of	O
microshock	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
U.S.	O
Senate	O
inquiry	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1970s	O
,	O
sparked	O
by	O
exaggerated	O
reports	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
U.S	O
hospital	O
patients	O
dying	O
of	O
microshock	B-Algorithm
,	O
heard	O
expert	O
testimony	O
about	O
the	O
effect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
in-built	O
protections	O
,	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
observed	O
incidents	O
,	O
microshock	B-Algorithm
continues	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
concern	O
to	O
many	O
practitioners	O
of	O
the	O
fields	O
of	O
Biomedical	O
and	O
Clinical	O
Engineering	O
.	O
</s>
