Jimbo516

patient with a massive pulmonary pulmonary embolism who was 500 pounds

next day she was sitting up in the ICU eating french toast

Do you see a problem with this at all?

Not OR Nurse but worked in cardiopulmonary settings: the valve is basically springy and is tightly packed while passing it up the catheter to the heart. One at the right location it is unfurled and positioned. This is not straightforward but becoming more common. At the moment it's mostly used for patients that are an anaesthetic risk for open procedures.

There's quite a good PDF guide here

I work at a hospital that has a lot of adult CF patients. How did you find the transition from child to adult services? We're sometimes worried about the patient being ready to leave a pediatric CF service that they have relied upon for years.

Belfast is top. I had a great NYE in Belfast a few years back.

Do you do any mitral replacements?