Heart transplantation
By: Stephen D. Krau, guest editor.
Contributors: Krau, Stephen D.
Series: Critical care nursing clinics of North America -- v. 12, no. 1
Publisher: W.B. Saunders
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Heart -- Transplantation
Notes: March 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and cumulative index 1999.
Table of contents: title: The evolution of heart transplatation / Stephen D. Krau; title: How the system functions: the roles of the United Network of Organ Sharing, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and the Organ Procurement Organization in Heart Transplantation / J. Eric Hobson; title: Organ procurement and the donor family / LuCyndi M. Bogan, Michael W. Rosson, Floyd F. Petersen; title: Evaluation criteria for the pretransplant patient / Sandra A. Cupples, Linden C. Spruill; title: For those who wait: care of the status 1 patient awaiting cardiac transplantation / M. Elaine Greer, Janie P. Webb; title: The left ventricular assist device (LVAD): a bridge to heart transplantation / Debi Camp; title: Heart transplantation: long-term management related to immunosuppression, complications, and psychosocial adjustments / Sharon M. Augustine; title: Parental considerations for children undergoing cardiac transplantation / Sarah S. Higgins; title: "A beacon of light": spirituality in the heart transplant patient / Joni Walton, Kathy St. Clair; title: Spouse quality of life before and 1 year after heart transplantation / Eileen G. Collins, Connie White-Williams, Anne Jalowiec; title: Heart transplantation from an ethical perspective / Ginny Wacker Guido; title: Economic trends and issues related to heart transplantation / Diane K. Dressler.