Manual of Perioperative Care in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

The authors have written an accessible pocket manual for those on the "front lines" who must learn to assimilate data, interpret their significance and know what to do, when and why. Section 1 of the book deals with preoperative considerations and the management of problems in the intensive care unit. Section 2 is devoted to paediatric heart surgery. The third section dwells on the assessment and care of patients undergoing non-cardiac thoracic surgery, discusses postoperative complications and the management of other general thoracic surgical problems.