27 – Chest Pain as a Symptom on the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
27 Chest Pain as a Symptom on the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Will Davies Introduction Chest pain as a symptom can lead to over 400 eventual diagnoses. Up to one third…
20 – Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
20 Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Adam Baddeley and Allaina Eden Introduction Physiotherapy over the last decade has evolved considerably in the areas of critical care, cardiac and thoracic surgery. This chapter…
18 – Renal Replacement Therapy
18 Renal Replacement Therapy Jonah Powell-Tuck , Matt Varrier and Marlies Ostermann Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of cardiovascular surgery affecting >20% of patients. The aetiology…
19 – Nutritional Support for Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care
19 Nutritional Support for Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care Peter Faber As most patients after routine cardiac surgery quickly resume baseline nutritional intake, specific dietetic assessment and support is rarely…
15 – Inotropes and Vasopressors
15 Inotropes and Vasopressors Gabriel Kleinman , Shahzad Shaefi and Charles Shayan Introduction Ahlquist’s discovery in animal models of two distinct types of adrenergic receptors in 1948 set the foundation…
14 – Fluid Administration
14 Fluid Administration Vasileios Zochios and Kamen Valchanov Introduction Intravenous fluid administration is performed in critically ill patients to maintain fluid volume homeostasis and to achieve many other goals. Intensivists…
17 – Mechanical Ventilation
17 Mechanical Ventilation Anja Schneider and Erik Ortmann Introduction Most patients admitted to the cardiothoracic critical care unit will require a form of mechanical ventilation at some point during their…
16 – Sedation and Analgesia
16 Sedation and Analgesia Lachlan Miles and Barbora Parizkova Introduction Analgesia and sedation are ubiquitous in the management of the intubated ICU patient, and attitudes towards them have undergone a…
13 – Blood Products and Transfusion
13 Blood Products and Transfusion Martin Besser Introduction Along with cardiothoracic operating departments, cardiothoracic intensive care units are some of the greatest consumers of blood products in the world; so…
12 – Antibiotics in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
12 Antibiotics in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Oana Cole and Olly Allen The modern era of antibiotics starts with the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Since…
