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.
Table of Contents
1 Risk Assessment Scores in Cardiac SurgeryMatthew Hulse and Stuart Lowson2 Pulmonary Artery Catheterization in Cardiac SurgeryDaniel L. Jacobs and Brigid C. Flynn3 Oxygen Consumption and Delivery in Critical IllnessHans Tregear and Brigid C. Flynn4 Glycemic Control After Cardiac SurgeryCasey Shelley and Katherine Palmieri5 Post-Thoracotomy CareMartin De Ruyter and Laura McKenzie6 Pulmonary Embolism and Postoperative CareDaniel Haines and Joel Grigsby7 Respiratory Acidosis in the Intensive Care UnitJared Staab8 Metabolic Acidosis in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care UnitPaul D. Weyker and Christopher Webb9 Rhabdomyolysis Due to Extracorporeal Membrane OxygenationCandice Metzinger and Aaron LacKamp10 Postoperative Septic ShockJames E. Littlejohn11 Postoperative Right Ventricular FailureMarguerite Hoyler and Natalia S. Ivascu12 Postoperative Atrial FibrillationLiang Shen13 QTc Prolongation and Torsades de PointesAnkur Srivastava and James E. Littlejohn14 Postoperative Ventricular FibrillationGurbinder Singh and Natalia S. Ivascu15 Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Post-Cardiac SurgeryCaryl Bailey and Michael Faulkner16 Critical Case of Aortic StenosisRebecca Lee and Natalia S. Ivascu17 Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery and Unilateral Pulmonary EdemaCindy Cheung and Christopher W. Tam18 Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and ManagementChristopher W. Tam19 Left Ventricular Assist Device Troubleshooting: HypotensionJan M. Griffin, Bushra W. Taha, and Yoshifumi Naka20 Left Ventricular Assist Device Troubleshooting: Bleeding and ThrombosisJan M. Griffin, Bushra W. Taha, and Kelly M. Axsom21 Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Setting of Left Ventricular Assist Device SupportMichael E. Kiyatkin, Adam S. Faye, and Tamas A. Gonda22 Right Ventricular Assist Device TherapiesAdrian Alexis-Ruiz and Marisa Cevasco23 A Failure to Oxygenate: A Case for Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane OxygenationAndrew Pellet24 Critical Concepts in Extracorporeal Life Support for Cardiogenic ShockJuan C. Diaz Soto, Justin A. Fried, and A. Reshad Garan25 Orthotopic Heart Transplant ManagementArtem Emple and Kelly M. Axsom26 Orthotopic Heart Transplant Rejection and ImmunosuppressionKevin J. Clerkin and Maryjane A. Farr27 Pulmonary Infiltrates and Hypoxemia After Lung TransplantationLauren D. Sutherland and Teresa A. Mulaikal28 Intra-aortic Balloon PumpChristopher Choi and Amirali Masoumi29 Cardiac TamponadeChristopher Read and Emer Curran30 EndocarditisRuth Boylan and Ian Conrick-Martin31 Postoperative PneumothoraxAoife Doolan and Gerard Curley32 Postoperative Cerebrovascular InjuryNaomi Quigley and Ruth-Aoibheann O'Leary33 Coagulopathy in Cardiac Surgery: Etiology and Treatment OptionsDana Teodorescu and Caroline Larkin34 Postoperative Diastolic Heart FailureÉimhín Dunne and Niall Fanning35 Postoperative Vasodilatory ShockFiona Roberts and Alan Gaffney36 Postoperative Cardiogenic ShockMaurice Hogan37 Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney InjuryCoilin Smyth and Sinead Galvin
