At 10:00 a.m. today (10 February 2023) Thammasat University Hospital Pathum Thani Province joins the press conference on the success ofheart transplant surgeryTo the first patient of the hospital, led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phurat Tor-Udom, Director of the Hospital, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilok Piyayothai, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Thammasat University , Dr. Thida Sriratana Tabukanon, MD, treating physician , Asst.
A 50-year-old patient has registered for a heart donation queue with the Thai Red Cross Society. After registering, waiting to receive a heart for a long time 2 months and receivedheart transplant surgeryThe new star at Thammasat Hospital was a success. The entire surgery takes only 4 hours. After the surgery, the patient has no serious complications.
Previously, there were only 5 heart transplant centers that were accredited by the Thai Red Cross Society, namely Chulalongkorn Hospital. Siriraj Hospital Ramathibodi Hospital Bumrungrad Hospital and Rajavithi Hospital, which the Thammasat University Hospital Has accelerated the development of personnel to provide modern medical equipment. and seeking cooperation from all parties until finally being able to pass the assessment from the Thai Red Cross Society And has been certified as a heart transplant center, which is considered the 6th center in the country since September 12, 2022
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phruhas Tor-Udom, director of the hospital, said that on February 5, 2023, the hospital successfully performed a heart transplant for a patient with terminal heart failure. is the first of Thammasat University Hospital and is the 6th hospital in Thailand with the potential for heart transplant surgery
which such success There is a multidisciplinary team that has to work together. Cardiac Patient Service Quality Improvement Committee heart transplant committee and the Quality Development Committee for Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients The team to improve the quality of services for patients with cardiovascular disease consists of the Thammasat Heart Center. Nursing work for cardiac patients Cardiothoracic Surgery Critical Care Nursing Began preparatory treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure by heart transplantation because they did not respond to drug therapy.
heart transplant surgery this time There is a team of nursing coordinators. Nurse, case manager, heart disease patient group operating room nursing team Nursing teams in various wards and a team of artificial heart and lung machine operators (Perfusionist) to study at Chulalongkorn Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society since April 2022
After that, Thammasat Heart Center Thammasat University Hospital The Center of Excellence in Heart Failure and Transplantation has begun. There is coordination with various agencies so that patients with end-stage heart failure can be treated with heart transplantation.
Patients are brought into the assessment process. Laboratory tests and additional procedures to register patients as awaiting heart donation recipients with the Thai Red Cross Society Organ Donation Center by the first patient of Thammasat University Hospital. Registered in December 2022 as a 50-year-old male patient. The results of the diagnosis are: have end-stage heart failure
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilok Piyayothai added that It is a proud achievement that Thammasat doctors were able to perform a heart transplant operation safely for the patient as the first hospital in the entire hospital. This is an admirable achievement for the medical team and the multidisciplinary team who have taken care of this patient.
An important factor in this success is partly due to the readiness of personnel. The medical team has supported specialists in both thoracic and heart surgery. and a cardiologist who has continued his studies in heart transplantation and caring for patients with chronic heart failure for many years. When working with multidisciplinary personnel, this success was achieved. The Faculty is pleased and ready to provide full academic support to enhance the knowledge and skills of our physicians to improve the efficiency of care for heart patients in the future.
Dr. Thida Sriratana Tabukanon, a medical practitioner, said that after treating this patient with terminal heart failure, he received a heart donation from a donor in a hospital on February 5. 2023, being the first successful heart transplant recipient at Thammasat University Hospital From a team of thoracic surgeons led by Asst. Prof. Dr. Bulawat Homvisate, MD. which has a process to prepare the patient before undergoing surgery and continued care after surgery There is a team of nurses in the cardiac intensive care unit. The nursing team of cardiothoracic surgery intensive care unit The nursing team coordinated the heart transplantation. and nurse, case manager, heart disease patient group to follow up on medical treatment closely
Asst. Prof. Dr. Bulawat Homvisate said that the results of the heart transplant surgery were satisfactory by the medical team. The patient is now safe. no complication It is under close follow-up by a team of doctors and nurses who care for the patient. which prepares for patients undergoing heart transplant surgery Preparing the location, team of personnel, and guidelines for nursing in every step of the way. It starts from preparing the patient before surgery at the cardiac intensive care unit (CCU), after the first phase of surgery in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit (ICU, CVT) and in the rehabilitation phase preparing for distribution at the special surgery ward 1.
However, in the postoperative period, there is strict control and prevention of infection, for example, patients are placed in a separate room, all equipment and tools are disinfected and cleaned according to standards before being used. Access to the patient’s room is restricted to only the personnel who are responsible for taking care of it, etc. As for the personnel team, they have prepared to organize training to educate the personnel in the hospital. And provide knowledge only in the department that receives patients directly Sending a team of nurses to study at a model hospital and formulating guidelines or TU heart transplantation protocol from patient preparation, coordination, patient care both before and after surgery Preparing the patient for discharge from the hospital (Discharge planning), including preparing the patient to return to daily life at home with the family.
