1.
J Heart Transplant
; 9(1): 25-9, 1990.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2313416
ABSTRACT
Psychiatric observations are reported on 101 heart transplant candidates (40 of whom had transplantations). Emotional responses were recorded during the evaluation, during the waiting period, perioperatively, at biopsy, during rejection episodes, and before and after discharge. Those phenomena, with the exception of behavioral management problems, were unrelated to initial psychiatric diagnoses; the diagnoses often reflected emotional reaction to cardiac illness. Most distress after evaluation appeared to be related to the protocol rather than to preexisting psychopathology. The stage of the protocol affected the nature of the reactions. Psychiatric assistance aided the adjustment process.
Subject(s)
Heart Transplantation/psychology , Stress, Psychological/etiology , Adaptation, Psychological , Female , Graft Rejection , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative Complications/psychology , Tissue and Organ Procurement , Waiting Lists
2.
Nurs Outlook
; 27(3): 184-90, 1979 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-254050