Manual of Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Adult Cardiac Surgery: 1. Synopsis of Adult Cardiac Surgical Disease; 2. Diagnostic Techniques in Cardiac Surgery; 3. General Preoperative Considerations and Preparation of the Patient for Surgery; 4. Preoperative Risk Assessment; 5. Intraoperative Considerations in Cardiac Surgery; 6. Admission of the ICU and Monitoring Techniques; 7. Early Postoperative Care: Basic Pathophysiology, Fast Track Protocols, and Common Scenarios; 8. Mediastinal Bleeding; 9. Respiratory Management; 10. Cardiovascular Management; 11. Fluid Management, Renal and Metabolic Problems; 12. Post-ICU Care and Other Complications; 13. Cardiac Transplantation; Appendices: 1. Doses of Parenteral Medications Commonly Used in the ICU and Their Modifications in Renal Failure; 2. Doses of Oral Medications Commonly Used After Heart Surgery and Their Modifications in Renal Failure; 3. Enteral Tube Feedings Commonly Used in ICU Patients; 4. Elemental/Defined Enteral Tube Feedings; 5. Disease-Specific Enteral Tube Feedings; 6. International Normalized Ratios for Prothrombin Times; 7. Commonly Used Drugs That Interact with Warfarin (Coumadin); 8. Body Surface Area Nomogram for Adults; Part II Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: 14. Synopsis of Congenital Heart Disease; 15. Preparation of the Pediatric Patient for Cardiac Surgery; 16. Postoperative Care in the Pediatric ICU; 17. Common Postoperative Scenarios; Appendices: 1. Pediatric Drug Doses; 2. Body Surface Area Nomogram for Children