Human factors issues in ventricular assist device recipients and their family caregivers

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 367-373

  Dew, Mary Amanda ^a,b   Kormos, Robert L ^a   Winowich, Stephen ^a   Stanford, Eileen A ^a   Carozza, Lisa ^a   Borovetz, Harvey S ^a   Griffith, Bartley P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (VAD);

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STROKE;

EID: 0034064351     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200005000-00025     Document Type: Article

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