Out of hospital management of LVAD patients during COVID-19 outbreak.
Artif Organs
; 44(8): 873-876, 2020 Aug.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-401294
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic touching thousands of people all around the world. Patients supported with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are affected by long-standing cardiovascular diseases and subjected to variations of the normal cardiovascular physiology, thus requiring an even closer monitoring during the COVID-19 outbreak. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drastic reduction in routine clinical activities and a consequent risk of looser connections between LVAD patients and their referring center. Potential deleterious effects of such a situation can be a delayed recognition of LVAD-related complications, misdiagnosis of COVID-19, and impaired social and psychological well-being for patients and families. As one of the largest LVAD programs worldwide, we designed a sustainable and enforceable telemonitoring algorithm which can be easily adapted to every LVAD center so as to maintain optimal quality of care for LVAD patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Corazón Auxiliar
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Evaluación de Resultado en la Atención de Salud
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Control de Infecciones
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Insuficiencia Cardíaca
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Artif Organs
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Aor.13744
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