Difficult Decisions in Cardiothoracic Critical Care Surgery

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Introduction
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   Chapter 2 Quality and Value in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
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   Chapter 3 OR to ICU Patient Handoff: A Matter of Communication
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   Chapter 4 Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit: A Universal Need
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   Chapter 5 Ethics: When to Turn Off the VAD
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   Chapter 6 Communication Surrounding Prognostication in the ICU: More Than Mere Talk?
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   Chapter 7 Defibrillation/Pacing First for Witnessed Cardiac Arrest in Post-cardiac Surgery Patients
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   Chapter 8 Emergency Resternotomy in Post-operative Cardiac Surgery Patients Who Suffer Cardiac Arrest
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    Chapter 9 Epinephrine and Vasopressin Use Following Cardiac Arrest After Cardiac Surgery
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    Chapter 10 Cardiac Arrest in the Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Patient: Is Conservatism an Aggressive Approach?
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    Chapter 11 Intravascular Devices in the ICU
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    Chapter 12 Role of Ultrasound Guidance for Central Venous Access, Chest Tube Insertion, and Interventional Management of Cholecystitis in ICU Patients
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    Chapter 13 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in the CT ICU: Helpful or Just Another Toy?
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    Chapter 14 Inotropes and Vasopressors in the CT ICU: Getting the Mixture Right
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    Chapter 15 Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Adult Cardiac Surgery
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    Chapter 16 Atrial Fibrillation: Aggressive Treatment in the Postoperative Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient
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    Chapter 17 What is the Role of the ABCDEF Bundle in Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation?
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    Chapter 18 ECMO as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation
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    Chapter 19 When on ECMO: Awaken, Extubate and Mobilize
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    Chapter 20 Percutaneous Assist Devices as Salvage from Cardiogenic Shock
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    Chapter 21 The LVAD Patient with Dark Urine and Elevated LDH: Diagnosis and Treatment of Pump Thrombosis
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    Chapter 22 Liver Dysfunction in a Patient with Ventricular Assist Device
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    Chapter 23 Vasoplegia in the Postoperative Period After Cardiac Transplantation
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    Chapter 24 Severe Hypertension After Cardiac Transplantation
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    Chapter 25 Post-Transplant Right Ventricular Failure
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    Chapter 26 Lung Infiltrates in Post-Operative Lung Transplant Patients: Pneumonia, Rejection or Edema?
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    Chapter 27 Clearance of Pulmonary Secretions After Lung Transplantation
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    Chapter 28 Perioperative Nutrition Support in Cardiothoracic Surgery
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    Chapter 29 Glycemic Control Does Matter in the Cardiac Surgery Patient
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    Chapter 30 The Bleeding Post-op CT Patient: Coagulation Tests Versus Thromboelastography
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    Chapter 31 Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery: Should Massive Transfusion Be in a 1:1:1 Ratio?
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    Chapter 32 If the Platelets Are Low, Is It HIT?
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    Chapter 33 Newest Antithrombotic Agents: Uses, Challenges, and Reversal Strategies for Surgical Procedures
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    Chapter 34 Complex Cardiac Surgery Without Blood Transfusions: Lessons Learned from Managing Jehovah Witness Patients
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    Chapter 35 Cardiac Surgery Acute Kidney Injury: Controversy in Renal Support
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    Chapter 36 Role of Biomarkers in Predicting AKI in the CT ICU
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    Chapter 37 Cardiorenal Syndrome in Heart Failure Patients: ICU Management
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    Chapter 38 Management of Patients with Difficult Vascular Access Issues
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    Chapter 39 Free Air in the Postoperative CT Patient: Observe or Operate?
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    Chapter 40 Ischemic Bowel in the Post Cardiothoracic Patient
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    Chapter 41 Confusion in the ICU: Anticoagulated VAD Patient with MS Changes
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    Chapter 42 Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient: Thrombolytic Therapy or Mechanical Thrombectomy?
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    Chapter 43 Neurologic Catastrophe in the CT ICU: A Neurosurgeon’s Dilemma
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    Chapter 44 Management of Malperfusion Syndrome in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
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    Chapter 45 Ischemic Leg Following IABP Insertion: Timing of Diagnosis and Treatment