Driveline dressings used in heartmate patients and local complications: A retrospective cohort.

Natalia BalestraSuzanne FredericksAdryel Vieira Caetano da SilvaRoberta Cunha Matheus RodriguesDaniella Pires NunesRafaela Batista Dos Santos Pedrosa

Published in: Heart & lung : the journal of critical care (2023)

Despite the high variability of products used in the driveline of patients using HeartMate, the dressing made with chlorhexidine, silver-impregnated absorbent foam and transparent film, and the use of anchoring devices was the most frequently used. Infection was the most common complication.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
ionic liquid