LONG-TERM CARE FOR THE HEART TRANSPLANTED PATIENT
Abstract:
Cardiac transplantation has completely demonstrated its efficacy as a final therapy for the patient with intractable heart failure, regarding both survival and quality of life. Nevertheless, the transplanted patient turns into an “eternal patient”, due to the necessity of clinical and laboratory follow-up on a long term basis. The authors are presenting their personal experience concerning long time follow-up of the only small child in Romania receiving a transplanted heart. Follow-up period extends from the discharge from the hospital over 21 months posttransplantation and refers to the dynamic of the clinical and biological evolution and their impact on medication. Finally, the authors propose a follow-up protocol for the patient with this type of pathology, which includes all aspects of the day-to-day life of a child in this age group: life and activity behaviour, active and passive prophylaxis, medication etc.
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