An Emergency Medicine-focused Summary of the HFSA/SAEM/ISHLT Clinical Consensus Document on the Emergency Management of Patients With Ventricular Assist Devices.
Chad Eric DarlingJennifer L MartindaleBrian C HiestandMark BonnellMonica ColvinErsilia M DeFilippisTonya ElliottEman HamadSean P PinneyKeyur B ShahJuliane ViereckeMichael M GivertzPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)
Mechanical circulatory support is increasingly used as a long-term treatment option for patients with end-stage heart failure. Patients with implanted ventricular assist devices are at high risk for a range of diverse medical urgencies and emergencies. Given the increasing prevalence of mechanical circulatory support devices, this expert clinical consensus document seeks to help inform emergency medicine and prehospital providers regarding the approach to acute medical and surgical conditions encountered in these complex patients.
Keyphrases
- emergency medicine
- heart failure
- healthcare
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- clinical practice
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- ejection fraction
- liver failure
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- prognostic factors
- cardiac arrest
- peritoneal dialysis
- catheter ablation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- intensive care unit
- hepatitis b virus
- combination therapy
- aortic dissection
- mechanical ventilation