37 Management after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery Sam Nashef and Paolo Bosco Professor Kolesov performed the first beating-heart left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending coronary artery bypass…
36 The Bleeding Cardiac Surgical Patient Jerrold H Levy , Kamrouz Ghadimi and Ian J Welsby Introduction Bleeding is the commonest complication following cardiac surgery. The amount of blood loss…
26 Airway Emergencies Tom P Sullivan and Guillermo Martinez Introduction The majority of patients admitted to an intensive care unit require mechanical ventilation and consequently they are vulnerable to a…
30 Systemic Hypertension in Cardiothoracic Critical Care Antonio Rubino and Susan Stevenson Introduction Hypertension is a commonly encountered clinical problem in the cardiothoracic critical care unit in both its chronic and…
28 Acute Dyspnoea and Respiratory Failure Ken Kuljit Parhar Introduction Respiration is a complex process during which gas exchange occurs between the respiratory system of the patient and the surrounding…
38 Intensive Care Unit Management Following Valve Surgery Yasir Abu-Omar and Shakil Farid The post cardiac valve surgical patients follow the same general management principles as any other cardiac surgical…
32 The Infected Patient Simon J Finney Infection is a common problem for patients in cardiothoracic intensive care units (CT ICUs) and although it may be the primary reason for…
29 Shock in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Fabio Guarracino and Rubia Baldassarri Definition Shock may be defined as acute circulatory failure characterised by inadequate tissue perfusion and cellular damage. The…
24 Respiratory Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Darryl Abrams and Daniel Brodie Introduction Although extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was first introduced in the 1970s as a…
21 Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Evgeny Pavlushkov and Marius Berman Short-term mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices are used to maintain haemodynamic stability in cardiogenic shock and provide reliable oxygenation in…
