Nursing care of 14 patients with idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension combined with left heart failure after lung transplantation / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

This paper summarized nursing experience of 14 patients with idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension (IPAH)combined with left heart failure after lung transplantation.The key points of nursing includeddynamic evaluation and maintenance of cardiac function,close monitoring and control,management of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation,mechanical ventilation and sequential non-invasive ventilation,early ambulation and rehabilitation.All 14 patients recovered and were discharged successfully.