Title: Cardiothoracic critical care /
Authors: Smith, Robyn; Higgins, Mike; Macfie, Alistair; Higgins, Mike
Year: 2014
Subjects: Cardiac intensive care; Respiratory intensive care; Cardiovascular system Diseases Treatment; Chest Diseases Treatment.; Critical Care; Cardiovascular System; Thoracic Diseases; Heart Diseases; Heart Diseases Handbooks.; Thoracic Diseases Handbooks.; Cardiovascular System Handbooks.; Critical Care Handbooks.
Abstract: This book provides an evidence-based approach to all aspects of patient care in cardiothoracic intensive care.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Early postoperative management -- 1. The normal postoperative cardiac patient -- 2. Risk prediction and outcome -- 3. Fast-tracking the low-risk patient -- 4. Resuscitation in the cardiac intensive care setting -- 5. Myocardial ischaemia and infarction -- 6. Bleeding management -- 7. Postoperative hypotension -- 8. Glucose, lactate, and acid-base -- 9. Postoperative medications -- 10. Information handover and care planning -- pt. 2 Organ dysfunction -- 11. Heart -- 12. Lung -- 13. Kidney -- 14. Gastrointestinal -- 15. Nervous system -- 16. Immune system -- 17. Haematology -- pt. 3 Specific patient groups -- 18. The thoracic patient -- 19. The adult patient with congenital heart disease -- 20. The obstetric patient with cardiac disease -- 21. Heart failure resistant to standard medical therapy -- 22. The transplant patient -- 23. Acute cardiology -- pt. 4 Treatments and procedures.