25 Mar 2024
British guideline developed and endorsed by all UK transplant centres + 8 national societies published in Intensive Care Medicine Journal
The first national resuscitation guideline on the management of LVAD emergencies has been published in Intensive Care Medicine (Impact Factor 41.8). This was developed and endorsed by:
All UK adult advanced heart failure centres:
Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Eight national organisations:
Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care
British Association of Critical Care Nurses
British Cardiovascular Society
British Society of Heart Failure
Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland
British societies guideline on the management of emergencies in implantable left ventricular assist device recipients in transplant centres | Intensive Care Medicine (springer.com)