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Salvage of infected left ventricular assist device with antibiotic beadsKretlow, James D. ...Background: The use of left ventricular assist devices has become common for the treatment of end-stage heart failure, both as a bridge to transplantation and as destination therapy. The nature of ... these devices and the comorbid conditions of the patients in whom the devices are implanted lead to high rates of device infection that are related directly to mortality. Methods: Over 2 years, the senior author (S.A.I.) treated 26 patients with left ventricular assist device infections, ranging from superficial driveline infections to deeper pocket infections and device infections. An algorithm involving the use of repeated débridement and placement of antibiotic beads was used in treatment of these infections. Once cleared of infection, patients were treated with definitive closure or flap coverage of the formerly infected device component. Results: Seventeen of 26 patients with left ventricular assist device%related infections were cleared of their infection using this method. Ten of these patients underwent flap coverage of the device after their infection was cleared. In patients that were cleared of infection, mortality was 29 percent, whereas patients with recalcitrant infections had a mortality of 67 percent over the course of the study. Conclusions: A systematic approach to treating left ventricular assist device% related infections has the potential to treat and clear these infections, with promising overall survival rates. This proposed algorithm led to high infection clearance rates compared with previously published literature. Infection clearance in patients on left ventricular assist device destination therapy may result in mortality rates approaching those of their uninfected peers.Source: Plastic and reconstructive surgery. - ISSN 0032-1052 (Vol. 133, iss. 1, Jan. 2014, str. 28e-38e)Type of material - article, component partPublish date - 2014Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 31264985
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Kretlow, James D. |
Brown, Rodger H. |
Wolfswinkel, Erik M. |
Xue, Amy S. |
Hollier, Larry H., Jr. |
Ho, Jonathan K. |
Mallidi, Hari R. |
Gregorič, Igor |
Frazier, O.H. |
Izaddoost, Shayan A.
Topics
left ventricular |
infected |
antibiotics |
levi prekat |
okužba |
antibiotiki
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source: Plastic and reconstructive surgery. - ISSN 0032-1052 (Vol. 133, iss. 1, Jan. 2014, str. 28e-38e)
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Kretlow, James D. | ![]() |
Brown, Rodger H. | ![]() |
Wolfswinkel, Erik M. | ![]() |
Xue, Amy S. | ![]() |
Hollier, Larry H., Jr. | ![]() |
Ho, Jonathan K. | ![]() |
Mallidi, Hari R. | ![]() |
Gregorič, Igor | 29980 |
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