Ambulatory Ventricular Assist Device Patient Management
| Autor: | Lori G. Edwards, Tonya Elliott |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Ambulatory care parasitic diseases Ambulatory Care medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Heart Failure business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Patient management Maintaining equipment Ventricular assist device Heart failure Ambulatory Heart-Assist Devices biological phenomena cell phenomena and immunity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business End-of-life care |
| Zdroj: | Cardiology Clinics. 36:571-581 |
| ISSN: | 0733-8651 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ccl.2018.06.014 |
| Popis: | Understanding the ventricular assist device (VAD) patient pump interface and developing expertise in monitoring patients with a VAD are the goals of care in the ambulatory setting. The objective is to improve long-term outcomes. The purpose of expert, focused, routine outpatient surveillance is to facilitate the integration of pulseless, electrically dependent VAD patients into the community. Other goals of outpatient care include maximizing quality of life, maintaining equipment integrity, treating heart failure symptoms, monitoring for common VAD-related complications, ensuring viability as a heart transplant candidate, consideration for patients implanted to become transplantable, and monitoring for possible cardiac recovery. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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