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Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Stephen DeVries, PA-C @SDeVriesPAC

#Heart #Transplant #Donor #thoracic #surgery #CTS
Heart Transplant ... Transportation - Organ ... @SDeVriesPAC #Heart ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical
Beating donor heart transplant 

A heart I transplanted recently on the Organ Care System. Amazing technology
Beating donor heart ... recently on the 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 ... Shah @AshShahMD #Heart ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
• Consider surgery ... be replaced or its ... Circulation • Check heart ... #Pressure #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Donor Heart Awaiting Transplant

Reanimated human heart from a DCD donor. 20min of no cardiac function before
Donor Heart Awaiting ... Reanimated human heart ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... beating #cardiac #organ
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Response Management Algorithm ... Stridor - Upper airway ... Hypoventilation: • CNS ... e.g., GBS, MG, ALS ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
of a difficult airway ... - Oral cavity/Airway ... a) Ischemic heart ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - Structural heart
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
delivery • Pause surgery ... intrathoracic pressure as ... rhythm, treat as ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... to the differential ... collection based on its ... cognitive impairment), heart ... #Algorithm #differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... urine, sweat) - its ... Both of these organs ... regional ischemia, surgery ... glycol - HIV/HAART