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Beating donor heart transplant 

A heart I transplanted recently on the Organ Care System. Amazing technology
A heart I transplanted ... recently on the Organ ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... Transportation #OCS #organ
Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Stephen DeVries, PA-C @SDeVriesPAC

#Heart #Transplant #Donor #thoracic #surgery #CTS
Heart Transplant ... Transportation - Organ ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... Transportation #OCS #organ
Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Vandy Perfusion and Donor Recovery team travel over 4000
Heart Transplant ... Transportation - Organ ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... Transportation #OCS #organ
Donor Heart Awaiting Transplant

Reanimated human heart from a DCD donor. 20min of no cardiac function before
Heart Awaiting Transplant ... Vanderbilt Heart Transplant ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... beating #cardiac #organ
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
of a difficult airway ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... - Oral cavity/Airway ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... cirrhosis, or organ ... Hematopoietic stem cell transplant ... fungus then begins its
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
urine, sweat) - its ... Both of these organs ... regional ischemia, surgery ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
Invasive Fungal Infection (IFI)

Invasive fungal infections are severe infections in which fungal pathogens invade normally sterile
or stem cell transplants ... species (primarily pulmonary ... chemotherapy, transplant ... antibiotic exposure Clinical ... virulence Delays in treatment