Journal article
Sedation and anesthetic considerations in ambulatory endoscopy for patients with ventricular assist devices
Techniques in gastrointestinal endoscopy, Vol.18(1), pp.13-17
01/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.tgie.2016.02.003
Abstract
The number of patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) implanted for heart failure continues to grow each year. Despite the survival and quality-of-life benefit LVADs can afford, adverse events do occur. Gastrointestinal bleeding is a known complication associated with continuous-flow LVADs, and many LVAD patients undergo endoscopic procedures to evaluate for sources of gastrointestinal bleeding. As the number of these patients increases, the approach to caring for them evolves. They present a number of challenges to the endoscopy team, including preprocedural planning, resource and personnel allocation, and postprocedural disposition.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Sedation and anesthetic considerations in ambulatory endoscopy for patients with ventricular assist devices
- Creators
- Dionne F Peacher - Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Dulles 6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Techniques in gastrointestinal endoscopy, Vol.18(1), pp.13-17
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.tgie.2016.02.003
- ISSN
- 1096-2883
- eISSN
- 1558-5050
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984007191602771
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