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Clinical Session Proposals

General Medicine

Session Name: Rehabilitation Considerations for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure

4 - The Rehabilitation of Patients with Heart Transplants

Saturday, October 22, 2022

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Location: 324-326

Speaker(s)

Sarah Eickmeyer, MD

Associate Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Overland Park, Kansas

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

PDF of Slides

This talk will enhance the knowledge of attendees regarding the needs of patients who have undergone heart transplantation in inpatient rehabilitation settings, including the precautions and monitoring necessary during their therapies. The education one should provide to these patients and their families, as well as critical issues to address in their discharge plans, will be reviewed.

Learning Objectives:

Manage medical needs of patients with heart transplantation during inpatient rehabiltation.
Prescribe precautions and appropriate monitoring during therapy for patients with heart transplant.
Provide adequate education to patients and families after a heart transplant.
Address critical issues during discharge planning for patients with a heart transplant after inpatient rehabilitation.