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Designing a national pediatric critical care database: a Delphi consensus study
PurposeWe sought to describe the processes undertaken for the systematic selection and consensus determination of the common data elements for...
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Being a safe place: a qualitative study exploring perceptions as to how a rural community hospice could respond to enactment of voluntary assisted dying legislation
BackgroundThere is a lack of research to guide the implementation of voluntary assisted dying legislation within a hospice setting. Furthermore,...
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Research engagement and experiences of patients pre- and post-implant of a left ventricular assist device from the mechanical circulatory support measures of adjustment and quality of life (MCS A-QOL) study
PurposeAdults living with mechanical circulatory support (MCS) present with unique challenges (e.g., left ventricular assist device [LVAD]-related...
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Multiple organ retrieval in a brain dead left ventricular assist device donor
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support in donors may contribute in preserving proper haemodynamics and systemic perfusion during organ...
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Primary Disease, Sex, and Racial Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents and Young Adults with Heart Failure
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important clinical and research trial endpoint in adult heart failure and has been shown to predict...
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LVAD Patients in Non-Cardiac Surgery: Implications for Anesthetic Management
Purpose of ReviewThis review illustrates the challenge of LVAD patient and proposes a complete approach to this patient in case of non-cardiac...
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Implementation of an intensified outpatient follow-up protocol improves outcomes in patients with ventricular assist devices
BackgroundVentricular assist devices (VAD) are increasingly used as long-term treatment for advanced heart failure. However, survival after VAD...
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A pilot clinical trial of a self-management intervention in patients with a left ventricular assist device
Self-management is a health behavior known to predict treatment outcomes in patients with multiple co-morbidities and/or chronic conditions. However,...
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Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest International Registry (PACHIN): protocol for a prospective international multicenter register of cardiac arrest in children
Background and aimsCardiac arrest (CA) in children is a major public health problem. Thanks to advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
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A principal components analysis of factors associated with successful implementation of an LVAD decision support tool
BackgroundA central goal among researchers and policy makers seeking to implement clinical interventions is to identify key facilitators and barriers...
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Altered speech patterns in subjects with post-traumatic headache due to mild traumatic brain injury
Background/objectiveChanges in speech can be detected objectively before and during migraine attacks. The goal of this study was to interrogate...
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Orthotopic Heart and Combined Heart Liver Transplantation: the Ultimate Treatment Option for Failing Fontan Physiology
Purpose of the ReviewThis is a comprehensive update on failing Fontan physiology and the role of heart and combined heart and liver transplantation...
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Expanding controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death: statement from an international collaborative
A decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment (WLST) is derived by a conclusion that further treatment will not enable a patient to survive or...
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Anforderungen an die ambulante Versorgung nach Implantation eines ventrikulären Herzunterstützungssystems
Ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation has developed into a well-established option when conservative treatment of terminal heart failure has...
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The Evolution of a Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Program: The Boston Children’s Hospital Experience
Mechanical circulatory support in the form of ventricular assist devices (VADs) in children has undergone rapid growth in the last decade. With...
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Pediatric heart transplantation: long-term outcomes
Pediatric heart transplant has become the standard of care for end-stage heart disease in children throughout the world. The number of transplants...
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Curriculum heart failure
It is well recognized that organized management of heart failure patients, including care by heart failure specialists, improves outcomes of these...
