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- Title
Incidence, Management, and Outcomes of Trauma in Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device in North Carolina.
- Authors
Shah, Mansi; Schiro, Sharon; Katz, Jason N.; Meyer, Anthony A.; Brownstein, Michelle
- Abstract
The article reports on the incidence and management of trauma to left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) patients. Topics mentioned include the quality of life of LVAD patients, the study on trauma patients at the University of North Carolina (UNC), and the trauma patients at tertiary trauma care centers. Also mentioned are the emergency department (ED) evaluation to trauma patients and the
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; ELECTROMECHANICAL devices; QUALITY of life; TRAUMA centers; EMERGENCY medical services; TERTIARY care; HEART failure treatment; TRAUMATOLOGY diagnosis; WOUND care; HEART failure; WOUNDS &; injuries; DISEASE incidence; RETROSPECTIVE studies; HEART assist devices
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2018, Vol 84, Issue 11, pe467
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/000313481808401111