Biomedical subjects
L Teplitz
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Surgical treatment of ventricular arrhythmias: historical and current perspectives.
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Classification of cardiac pacemakers: the pacemaker code.
Pacemaker codes were developed to describe cardiac pacemaker function. Familiarity with these codes is essential for nurses caring for the patient with a permanent pacemaker. The article addresses the classification code of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology and the British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group and its relationship to pacemaker characteristics.
Transcutaneous pacemakers.
Transcutaneous pacing (TP) is technically the fastest, easiest, and least physically invasive of the accepted modes of cardiac pacing. Although first introduced in the early 1950s, TP was abandoned because of cutaneous nerve pain, skeletal muscle contraction, and local tissue burns associated with the use of the technique. The advent of transvenous pacing caused a further decline in interest in TP. Recent investigations suggest that this pacing mode has value when immediate pacemaker therapy is needed in the prehospital or hospital setting. As a result of the renewed interest in TP, the cardiovascular nurse should be aware of this therapy. The article presents a general overview of TP with emphasis on nursing care.
Update: are milking and stripping chest tubes necessary?
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Life after sudden death: the development of a support group for automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients.
Sudden cardiac death is one of the major public health problems in the United States today. Although the implementation of the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator has been shown to improve the survival in patients resuscitated after sudden cardiac death, it has also resulted in a new clinical population with unique psychosocial needs. A support group may assist cardiovascular nurses in meeting these psychosocial needs. This article describes the experience in developing a support group for automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients and their families in one medical center.
Action stat! Hypertensive crisis.
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Cryoablation for refractory ventricular dysrhythmias.
Several of the surgical ablative techniques currently used to treat patients with medically refractory ventricular dysrhythmias are performed in combination with cryosurgery. By inducing hypothermic injury, cryosurgery destroys the muscle responsible for the ventricular ectopy without disrupting the structural integrity of the heart. The use of this procedure in treating these patients, however, without adjunctive surgical techniques is uncommon. This case study describes the successful use of cryosurgery without concomitant surgical ablative techniques.
Clinical close-up on dopamine.
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L.E.A.D. drugs for cardiac emergencies. Clinical close-up on epinephrine.
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L.E.A.D. drugs for cardiac emergencies. Clinical close-up on atropine.
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L.E.A.D drugs for cardiac emergencies. Clinical close-up on lidocaine.
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Patients with ventricular assist devices. Nursing diagnoses.
The nursing diagnoses relative to the patient with a ventricular assist device require collaborative and preventative interventions, and thus present a tremendous but rewarding challenge.
An algorithm for ventricular assist devices.
The use of ventricular assist devices (VADs) is becoming more common in cardiac surgery centers as the indications for application of these devices are expanding. Nurses caring for cardiovascular patients need to become familiar with the current clinical criteria used in VAD application. This author has developed an algorithm that is helpful in teaching VAD nursing care and evaluating cases in practice.
Nursing diagnoses for automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients.
The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) represents an exciting new technological advance in treating patients with recurrent malignant ventricular arrhythmias. The nursing care of patients undergoing this treatment modality requires early identification of nursing diagnoses so that appropriate interventions may be implemented.
The centrifugal ventricular assist device after heart transplantation: a case study.
The efficacy of ventricular assist devices (VADs) for postcardiotomy ventricular failure has been well documented. The role of such devices in the transplant field, however, has generally been limited to their use preoperatively as a "bridge" to transplantation. Little information has been published on the use of these devices after heart transplantation. This article describes the case of a 20-year-old heart transplant recipient who required the use of a centrifugal VAD after heart transplantation.