{"id":17989,"date":"2022-02-21T17:54:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T17:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/a-life-saving-surgery\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:19:13","slug":"a-life-saving-surgery","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/a-life-saving-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Una cirug\u00eda que salva vidas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hypolito (Paul) Ferreira Jr. es un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam de 77 a\u00f1os que disfruta de los mejores a\u00f1os de su jubilaci\u00f3n en Rhode Island. Hace cinco a\u00f1os le diagnosticaron un aneurisma a\u00f3rtico abdominal (AAA), una dilataci\u00f3n de la aorta, que suministra sangre del coraz\u00f3n al resto del cuerpo. Tras continuos controles y seguimientos, el Sr. Ferreira necesitaba una intervenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica que le salvara la vida, y en diciembre de 2021 fue remitido al Dr. Richard Pin, Jefe de Cirug\u00eda Vascular de Southcoast Health, para una reparaci\u00f3n percut\u00e1nea (a trav\u00e9s de un peque\u00f1o orificio en lugar de una gran incisi\u00f3n) de su AAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Serv\u00ed en Vietnam cuando ten\u00eda 23 a\u00f1os\", dijo Ferreira. \"\u00a1Tengo suerte de estar vivo! No pens\u00e9 que llegar\u00eda a los 60, y ahora estoy celebrando mis 77\".<sup>th<\/sup> cumplea\u00f1os\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>El equipo que necesita - Preparaci\u00f3n para una intervenci\u00f3n card\u00edaca<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dada su edad, el Sr. Ferreira no se sent\u00eda del todo tranquilo al entrar en quir\u00f3fano. Su principal preocupaci\u00f3n era dejar sola a su mujer si algo sal\u00eda mal. Para calmar sus nervios, su hija Renee DaCosta, enfermera especializada de Southcoast Health, estaba segura de que recibir\u00eda una atenci\u00f3n excepcional cuando le present\u00f3 al equipo m\u00e9dico responsable de su operaci\u00f3n y recuperaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Como proveedores, seguimos unos est\u00e1ndares de atenci\u00f3n para todos nuestros pacientes, y yo esperaba lo mismo para mi padre. Sab\u00eda que lo recibir\u00eda en Southcoast\", dijo DaCosta. \"Pero como hija y proveedora, no pod\u00eda evitar pensar \"qu\u00e9 hubiera pasado si\". Pensaba en todo lo que podr\u00eda salir mal. Sab\u00eda en mi cabeza que todo iba a salir bien... El Dr. Pin es un cirujano excelente, y el personal de enfermer\u00eda es estupendo.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La alta calidad de la atenci\u00f3n que recibi\u00f3 antes y despu\u00e9s de la operaci\u00f3n marc\u00f3 la diferencia, seg\u00fan el Sr. Ferreira. Recuerda al amable personal del Charlton Memorial Hospital el d\u00eda de la operaci\u00f3n, que brome\u00f3 con \u00e9l y le ayud\u00f3 a sentirse a gusto durante la recuperaci\u00f3n. \"El Dr. Pin me lo explic\u00f3 todo con claridad. Es incre\u00edble\", afirma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>El placer de recuperarse en casa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de la intervenci\u00f3n, el Sr. Ferreira se alegr\u00f3 de poder volver a su casa con su mujer. En la actualidad, dedica su tiempo a revisar algunas propiedades que posee en su ciudad natal y a realizar las tareas que, seg\u00fan bromea, su mujer organiza para mantenerle ocupado. Su hija Renee tambi\u00e9n siente el alivio de su recuperaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"A medida que tus padres envejecen esperas que aparezcan enfermedades. Cuando eres una hija que tambi\u00e9n es enfermera, te enfrentas al reto de guiar el cuidado de tu familia. Mi padre ha necesitado m\u00faltiples procedimientos en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, incluyendo la reparaci\u00f3n de su AAA - y todo por los proveedores de Southcoast. Estoy muy contenta con todos sus cuidados\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahora, el Sr. Ferreira sigue haciendo un seguimiento con el Dr. Pin y toma las medidas necesarias para mantener su salud en buen estado. Espera con impaciencia sus visitas m\u00e9dicas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>La importancia de los ex\u00e1menes m\u00e9dicos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aunque el Sr. Ferreira no tiene antecedentes familiares de cardiopat\u00edas, anima a todo el mundo a conocer su historial m\u00e9dico familiar y a dedicar siempre tiempo a las revisiones m\u00e9dicas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los principales s\u00edntomas de un aneurisma a\u00f3rtico agrandado incluyen dolor en el pecho, el abdomen o la zona lumbar, y una sensaci\u00f3n puls\u00e1til en el vientre. 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