Percutaneous cardiopulmonary support for high-risk angioplasty

Article Abstract:

Percutaneous cardiopulmonary support (PCPS) for high-risk angioplasty patients can be started in the catheterization laboratory before coronary revascularization. It can provide the hemodynamic support needed to make it possible for the patient to tolerate the high-risk procedure. At Washington Adventist Hospital (Takoma Park, MD), PCPS is being used, and the clinical applications, risks/benefits and implications for the critical care nurse are being studied. Some patients may not survive long enough to undergo emergency open-heart surgery; acute vessel closure may occur.

Methods, Management, Hemodynamics, Cardiac catheterization, Heart catheterization, Angioplasty

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Evolving Role Descriptions of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

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Intensive care nursing has changed due to new settings and performance expectations. Acute care nurse practitioners, once primarily assigned to direct patient management in tertiary settings, are now included in secondary practice settings as well. Many educational programs are also preparing nurse practitioners at both the master's and post-master's levels.

United States, Nurses, Training, Nurse practitioners, Intensive care nursing

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