Nursing care of 23 cases undergoing pediatric heart transplantation / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

This paper summarized nursing points for caring 23 cases undergoing pediatric heart transplantation,includingcharacteristics of accessing and protection of hearts,collaboration in pediatric heart transplantation,nursing of capacity management,temperature controlling,extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and delayed sternal closure during surgeries.The average length of hospitalization for 23 cases was 24.5±8.3 days,1 case died from primary graft failure after 19 months,the rest of 22 cases survived,and cardiac function recovered to NYHA class Ⅰ-Ⅱ.