被引量: 11发表: 2007年 Successful Left Ventricular Assist Device Bridge to Transplantation in a Patient With End-Stage Heart Failure and Human Immunodeficiency Virus No abstract is available for this article. K Krishan,S Pinney,AC Anyanwu - 《Artificial Organs》 被引量: 5发表: 2012年 ...
Mechanical circulatory support devices such as left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) provide an alternative to heart transplantation for patients with advanced HF. It is important for critical care nurses to understand how to care for the specific needs of this patient population. This a...
Caring for patients involves empathic listening and awareness of the needs and feelings of the patient as well as our own; the acceptance of the fallibilities of medicine and ourselves. Too often we lead unbalanced lives in terms of work, relationships, play and personal time. We frequently st...