45 Cardiovascular Disorders: the Heart Failure Patient in the Intensive Care Unit Anna Kydd and Jayan Parameshwar Introduction The combination of the aging of the population and improved survival after…
41 Lung Transplantation JS Parmar Introduction Lung transplantation is currently the most effective treatment in carefully selected patients with a variety of end-stage lung diseases. The major indications for lung…
34 The Acute Abdomen in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Simon JA Buczacki and Justin Davies Introduction Abdominal complications following cardiothoracic surgery are infrequent (0.3–5.5%) but carry a significant mortality rate…
40 Heart Transplantation Stephen J Pettit and Anna Kydd Introduction Heart transplantation remains the definitive treatment for advanced heart failure that is refractory to conventional medical and surgical therapy. Over…
42 Aortic Surgical Patients in the Intensive Care Unit Pedro Catarino and Swetha Iyer Introduction Aortic surgical patients in the ICU can be some of the most challenging patients. Further,…
43 Thoracic Surgical Patients J Irons and S Ghosh Introduction In the UK, 26,746 thoracic surgical procedures were recorded in the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons Thoracic Registry as having been…
39 Pulmonary Endarterectomy Patients in Cardiothoracic Critical Care Choo Yen Ng Introduction Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) arises from total or partial occlusion of the pulmonary vascular bed from non-resolving…
31 Pulmonary Hypertension in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Mark Toshner and Joanna Pepke-Zaba Introduction Pulmonary hypertension (PH) represents a group of conditions which share the haemodynamic definition of a mean…
35 Cardiothoracic Trauma Alia Noorani and Ravi J De Silva Background Trauma accounts for up to 720,000 annual admissions, and over 6 million attendances to the emergency department in the UK. Thoracic injuries…
33 Seizures Ari Ercole and Lara Prisco Introduction Seizures are common in intensive care patients generally and cardiac surgery or post-cardiac arrest patients are at particular risk. Seizures are an…
