Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Heart Failure Unit, Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
ESC Heart Fail. 2021 Dec;8(6):4425-4443. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13590. Epub 2021 Sep 28.
The growing population of left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-supported patients increases the probability of an LVAD- supported patient hospitalized in the internal or surgical wards with certain expected device related, and patient-device interaction complication as well as with any other comorbidities requiring hospitalization. In this third part of the trilogy on the management of LVAD-supported patients for the non-LVAD specialist healthcare provider, definitions and structured approach to the hospitalized LVAD-supported patient are presented including blood pressure assessment, medical therapy of the LVAD supported patient, and challenges related to anaesthesia and non-cardiac surgical interventions. Finally, important aspects to consider when discharging an LVAD patient home and palliative and end-of-life approaches are described.
随着越来越多的左心室辅助装置(LVAD)支持的患者,在内部或外科病房住院的 LVAD 支持的患者的概率增加,这些患者可能会出现与设备相关的预期并发症,以及任何其他需要住院的合并症。在这篇关于非 LVAD 专科医疗保健提供者管理 LVAD 支持患者的三部曲的第三部分中,介绍了 LVAD 支持患者的住院定义和结构化方法,包括血压评估、LVAD 支持患者的药物治疗,以及与麻醉和非心脏手术干预相关的挑战。最后,描述了 LVAD 患者出院时和姑息治疗及临终关怀方法需要考虑的重要方面。