Full Description
Cardiothoracic Critical Care covers an engaging collection of critical scenarios based on actual cardiothoracic intensive care unit events, ranging in topics from fundamentals of critical care to management of mechanical circulatory support devices. Each chapter discusses a unique case scenario, the appropriate diagnosis, and summarizes the most up-to-date evidence-based management recommendations and best practice guidelines. Combining years of critical care experience into a problem-based learning compendium, Cardiothoracic Critical Care is an ideal resource for the diverse group of medical providers and levels of experience working in the intensive care unit.
Contents
1 Risk Assessment Scores in Cardiac Surgery
Matthew Hulse and Stuart Lowson 2 Pulmonary Artery Catheterization in Cardiac Surgery
Daniel L. Jacobs and Brigid C. Flynn 3 Oxygen Consumption and Delivery in Critical Illness
Hans Tregear and Brigid C. Flynn 4 Glycemic Control After Cardiac Surgery
Casey Shelley and Katherine Palmieri 5 Post-Thoracotomy Care Martin De Ruyter and Laura McKenzie 6 Pulmonary Embolism and Postoperative Care
Daniel Haines and Joel Grigsby 7 Respiratory Acidosis in the Intensive Care Unit
Jared Staab 8 Metabolic Acidosis in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
Paul D. Weyker and Christopher Webb 9 Rhabdomyolysis Due to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Candice Metzinger and Aaron LacKamp 10 Postoperative Septic Shock
James E. Littlejohn 11 Postoperative Right Ventricular Failure
Marguerite Hoyler and Natalia S. Ivascu 12 Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
Liang Shen 13 QTc Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes
Ankur Srivastava and James E. Littlejohn 14 Postoperative Ventricular Fibrillation
Gurbinder Singh and Natalia S. Ivascu 15 Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Post-Cardiac Surgery
Caryl Bailey and Michael Faulkner 16 Critical Case of Aortic Stenosis Rebecca Lee and Natalia S. Ivascu 17 Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery and Unilateral Pulmonary Edema
Cindy Cheung and Christopher W. Tam 18 Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Management
Christopher W. Tam 19 Left Ventricular Assist Device Troubleshooting: Hypotension
Jan M. Griffin, Bushra W. Taha, and Yoshifumi Naka 20 Left Ventricular Assist Device Troubleshooting: Bleeding and Thrombosis
Jan M. Griffin, Bushra W. Taha, and Kelly M. Axsom 21 Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Setting of Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
Michael E. Kiyatkin, Adam S. Faye, and Tamas A. Gonda 22 Right Ventricular Assist Device Therapies
Adrian Alexis-Ruiz and Marisa Cevasco 23 A Failure to Oxygenate: A Case for Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Andrew Pellet 24 Critical Concepts in Extracorporeal Life Support for Cardiogenic Shock
Juan C. Diaz Soto, Justin A. Fried, and A. Reshad Garan 25 Orthotopic Heart Transplant Management
Artem Emple and Kelly M. Axsom 26 Orthotopic Heart Transplant Rejection and Immunosuppression
Kevin J. Clerkin and Maryjane A. Farr 27 Pulmonary Infiltrates and Hypoxemia After Lung Transplantation
Lauren D. Sutherland and Teresa A. Mulaikal 28 Intra-aortic Balloon Pump
Christopher Choi and Amirali Masoumi 29 Cardiac Tamponade
Christopher Read and Emer Curran 30 Endocarditis
Ruth Boylan and Ian Conrick-Martin 31 Postoperative Pneumothorax
Aoife Doolan and Gerard Curley 32 Postoperative Cerebrovascular Injury
Naomi Quigley and Ruth-Aoibheann O'Leary 33 Coagulopathy in Cardiac Surgery: Etiology and Treatment Options Dana Teodorescu and Caroline Larkin 34 Postoperative Diastolic Heart Failure Éimhín Dunne and Niall Fanning 35 Postoperative Vasodilatory Shock Fiona Roberts and Alan Gaffney 36 Postoperative Cardiogenic Shock Maurice Hogan 37 Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
Coilin Smyth and Sinead Galvin
