46 – Neurological Aspects of Cardiac Surgery
46 Neurological Aspects of Cardiac Surgery Max S Damian Introduction Cardiac surgery’s profound intervention in systemic blood pressure and circulation carries a high potential to affect the brain in a…
48 – Haematological Disorders and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care
48 Haematological Disorders and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Jerrold H Levy , Kamrouz Ghadimi and Ian Welsby Introduction Cardiac surgical patients are at great risk for bleeding due to multiple factors….
50 – Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
50 Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Ajay Desai , Lidia Casanueva and Duncan Macrae Introduction Cardiovascular disorders are common in critically ill children, accounting for around 30% of the UK annual…
49 – Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disorders
49 Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disorders Kiran Salaunkey Introduction There is an increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women of child bearing age. It is estimated that about 0.2–4% of…
51 – Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH) Patients in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
51 Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH) Patients in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Susanna Price and Niki Walker Introduction The numbers of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) surviving to…
47 – Postoperative Delirium
47 Postoperative Delirium Makeida B Koyi , Joseph G Hobelmann and Karin J Neufeld Introduction Delirium is a psychiatric syndrome produced by an underlying medical aetiology and it is a…
45 – Cardiovascular Disorders: the Heart Failure Patient in the Intensive Care Unit
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
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
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
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…
