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When Urgency Drops: Temporal Consciousness and the Choreography of Dying

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the hospital, the transition from fighting for life to preparing for death involves not only a shift in medical repertoires but also a profound transformation in temporal experience. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a Canadian intensive care unit, this article examines how the tempo of care, its rhythms, urgencies, and pauses shapes ...
Louise Chartrand
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Left Ventricular Assist Devices on the Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes in Advanced Heart Failure: A Comprehensive Review. [PDF]

Cureus
Maaz Shah S, Saleem H, Govindasamy V, Rathi A, Haris N, Ali R, Devi L, Omaruddin LE, Pavuluri KS, Joseph AM, Tariq A.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Device‐Induced Blood Damage in Pump‐Assisted Circulation: A Comparative Study of HeartMate III and BrioVAD Pumps

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
Shear‐induced blood damage—including hemolysis, platelet and neutrophil injury, and von Willebrand factor (vWF) degradation—was evaluated for the BrioVAD and HM3 using an in vitro circulatory loop under clinically relevant conditions. Across 15 biomarkers (n > 6 per group), no significant differences were observed between the two devices.
Wenji Sun, Kiersten P. Clark, Douglas Tran, John C. Vandenberge, Nancy Kim, Shigang Wang, Anik Tarafder, Randy Perez, Bartley P. Griffith, Dong Han   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vitamin D Deficiency and Driveline Infections in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices. [PDF]

Artif Organs
Borman WA, Landrigan LM, Berg NJ, Pickrell J, Guglin ME.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Role of Patients' Treatment Expectations in Ventricular Assist Device Support: Results From a Convergent Mixed Methods Study

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
This mixed methods study aimed to: (i) identify treatment expectations held by individuals with a ventricular assist device (VAD), (ii) assess the extent to which these expectations have been met, and (iii) examine how treatment expectations relate to VAD‐specific health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) ABSTRACT Objectives Treatment expectations ...
Simon Felix Zerth, Bernd Niemann, Miriam Salzmann‐Djufri, Sandra Semmig‐Könze, Katharina Tigges‐Limmer, Yvonne Brocks, Monika Sadlonova, Anna Markser, Tanja Zimmermann, Lara Kristin Oldach, Stefan Salzmann   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The beneficial effect of early multimodal hospital rehabilitation on exercise tolerance and overall performance in patients with left ventricular assist devices. [PDF]

Arch Med Sci
Smolis-Bąk E, Załucka L, Kowalik I, Wolszakiewicz J, Dąbrowski R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Shaping the Flow: Impact of Blade Shape on Performance and Hemocompatibility in Rotodynamic Blood Pumps

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
Blade shapes (leading‐edge geometry and thickness) in rotodynamic blood pumps were systematically evaluated. Thinner blades improve pump efficiency by reducing blockage effects, while neither blade thickness nor leading‐edge geometry shows clear hemocompatibility benefits. Overall, blade shape has a limited impact on hemocompatibility, indicating it is
Benjamin Torner, Simon Klocker, Niccolò Crescenti, Aldo J. Suria, Harald Reithofer, Michael Hübler, Daniel Zimpfer, Marcus Granegger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultrasound Assessment of Venous and Pulmonary Congestion in Left Ventricular Assist Devices Patients. [PDF]

Artif Organs
Iacovoni A, Giaccherini C, Paris S, Abete R, Vittori C, Inciardi RM, Zucchetti O, Terzi A, Senni M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

National Practice Patterns of VA ECMO and Left Ventricular Mechanical Unloading for Cardiogenic Shock

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
Consensus surrounding the management of VA ECMO and left ventricular mechanical unloading for cardiogenic shock (CS) is limited. We thus conducted a national survey of practice patterns in the treatment of CS to characterize such variability, finding large heterogeneity in CS diagnosis, VA ECMO initiation, and LVMU strategies.
Dustin M. Anderson‐Bell, Morgan M. Millar, Rachel R. Codden, Stavros Drakos, Craig Selzman, Chloe R. Skidmore, Margaret Carlson, Frederick Welt, Tom Hanff, Hiroshi Kagawa, Jason Glotzbach, Andrea Steely, Vikas Sharma, Matt Goodwin, Daniel Haase, Jason Carr, Joseph E. Tonna   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing antithrombotic therapies for left ventricular assist devices: challenges, innovations, and future perspectives. [PDF]

Future Cardiol
Isath A, Pfeffer M, Mehra MR.
europepmc   +1 more source