Safety issues with an inter-hospital transport of a patient with a Berlin Heart Excor biventircular assist device.
Artif Organs
; 47(3): 582-588, 2023 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-36356800
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Interhospital transfers of pediatric patients on the Berlin Heart Excor have been published on an occasional basis.METHODS:
Nowadays medicine evolves away from just feasibility towards quality and safety issues. Management tools like risk analysis have found their way into clinical practice.RESULTS:
Exemplary, we present a case of a 20 months old boy on a Berlin Heart BiVAD Excor who underwent a 224 km ground transport. After a systematic review of the published literature, we describe our safety management with the aim was to provide highest quality of care for the transport.CONCLUSION:
Besides a risk analysis, we also describe our training and simulation protocol.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Coração Auxiliar
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Transplante de Coração
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Insuficiência Cardíaca
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Child
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Artif Organs
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
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