| Experience of a patient with an extracorporeal ventricular assist system who participated in a sleepover program. | |
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PMID: 21626097 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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A 19-year-old woman suffered fulminant myocarditis owing to a mycoplasma infection and was inserted with an intra-aortic balloon pump and a percutaneous cardiopulmonary support. Antibiotics and gamma globulin were administered, however, the patient's cardiac function did not recover, and the TOYOBO ventricular assist device (VAD) was implanted. She had rehabilitation training such as maintaining a standing position at the bedside and walking in the hospital, and a hospital outing program to a family restaurant was conducted two times with the VAD. The patient wished to attend the coming-of-age ceremony in Tachikawa city, which is 3 h away from our hospital by car. Therefore, we planned the program including a night stay at her home. The patient and her family fully understood the risks and wished to participate in the sleepover program. In preparing for the sleepover, the patient and her family learned to operate the VAD, and she was able to move to the lavatory and through the house with the help of only her family. A physician and a clinical engineer stayed at her house for infusion of antibiotics and management of sudden changes. There was no adverse event. In Japan, the community support of patients with VAD is not yet established, and we hope that our experience becomes a help to support return to society for patients with VAD. |
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Shigeyoshi Gon; Yoshihito Suematsu; Sei Morizumi; Tsuyoshi Shimizu |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-28 |
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Title: Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs Volume: - ISSN: 1619-0904 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9815648 Medline TA: J Artif Organs Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, 1187-299 Kaname, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 300-299, Japan, gon_shigeyoshi@tsukuba-kinen.or.jp. |
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