Understanding patients with VADs

[摘要] I recently had the chance to read “Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Pit and the Pendulum,’ and Ventricular Assist Devices” (December 2009:29–39). I work in a facility in which several ventricular assist device (VAD) insertions are performed, yet I have never personally cared for a patient with this device. I was intrigued by the simulation used by the authors to describe the emotional, psychological, and physical effects of needing a VAD. The article is descriptive and very informative and I feel I have learned quite a lot from it.

[学科分类] 护理学

[关键词] Campylobacter;proljev;dob