Depression and Anxiety in the Heart Transplant Patient: A Case Study

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-95

  Brown, Patricia A ^a   Launius, Beatrice K ^b,c   Mancini, Mary C ^b   Cush, Eleanor M ^b  

^a Willis Knighton Medical Center   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Heart transplant

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CARVEDILOL; SERTRALINE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0842326279     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200401000-00009     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Hunt S. Long-term follow up and rehabilitation of heart transplant patients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2000:51-55.
2. Jones BM, Chang VP, Esmore D, et al. Psychological adjustment after cardiac transplantation. Med J Aust. 1988;149:118-122.
3. Dew MA, Roth LH, Schulberg HC, et al. Prevalence and predictors of depression and anxiety-related disorders during the year after heart transplantation. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1996;18:48s-61s.
4. Tahan HA. Patients waiting for heart transplantation: an analysis of vulnerability. Crit Care Nurs. 1998;18:40-48.
5. Phipps L. Psychiatric aspects of heart transplantation. Can J Psychiatry. 1991;36:563-568.
6. Mai FM. Psychiatric aspects of heart transplantation. Br J Psychiatry. 1993;163:285-292.
7. Nickels MA. Common psychiatric problems in the well transplant patient. Graft. 2001;4:290-298.
8. Dew MA, DiMartini AF, Switzer GE, et al. Patterns and predictors of risk for depressive and anxiety-related disorders during the first three years after heart transplantation. Psychosomatics. 2000;41(2)191-192.
9. Kuhn WF, Myers B, Brennan AF, et al. Psychopathology in heart transplant candidates. J Heart Transplant. 1988;7:223-226.
10. Miller M. Depression after cardiac transplant treated with interpersonal psychotherapy and paroxetine. Am J Psychother. 2002;56(4)555-561.
11. Fischer DC, Lake KD, Reutzel TJ, Emery RW. Changes in health-related quality of life and depression in heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1995;14:373-381.