Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Dressing-Change Protocols: A Need for Standardization. A Report from the SimVAD Investigators
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Left ventricular assist device driveline infection and the frequency of dressing change in hospitalized patients.
OBJECTIVES To determine if driveline infection is related to dressing change frequency in hospitalized adult patients with newly implanted left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). BACKGROUND Guidelines do not exist for the frequency of driveline exit-site dressing change in hospitalized patients resulting in wide variation in practice. METHODS A retrospective chart review was conducted on 68...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiac Failure
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1071-9164
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.06.009