33 – Seizures
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…
37 – Management after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
