Abstract
The syndrome of the chronically, critically ill patient is emerging as life-sustaining technologies advance healthcare delivery. The occurrence of such syndrome may include long-stay pediatric cardiac intensive care unit patients, patients on ventricular assist devices as a bridge to transplant or destination therapy, complicated heart failure patients requiring home milrinone infusions, or the advanced technologies used to support pulmonary hypertension patients in the hospital and at home. This section will describe the syndrome of the chronically, critically ill patients and their complex, interdisciplinary care needs.
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Staveski, S., Price, E., Liu, E., Lin, A., Smith, E., Ogawa, M. (2014). Chronically Critically Ill Pediatric Cardiac Patient: Nursing Considerations. In: Da Cruz, E., Ivy, D., Jaggers, J. (eds) Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4619-3_85
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