title: Post-operative care of transplant patients.
abstract: The skills involved in the post-operative management of patients undergoing transplantation are a major factor influencing their survival. This article explores the role of clinicians' assistants in providing care for patients and their families after cardiothoracic transplantation at the pioneering Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire.
authors.affiliation: Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gittins
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mercer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edmunds
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*