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Perioperative Care in Cardiac Anesthesia and Surgery


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Davy C.H. Cheng
University of Toronto

Tirone E. David
University of Toronto

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ISBN: 978-1-57059-527-1
Pub date: 1999-01-01
255 pages
6 figures
62 tables


About this book

This handbook describes the perioperative management of adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The content reflects the collective view of a health care team of a fast track cardiac surgery program. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a succinct, problem-oriented source of practical information about cardiac surgical patients for physicians, residents, nurses and other allied health care personnel involved in their care.

Table of contents

Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, The Toronto Hospital

The Toronto Hospital Cardiac Surgical Program
Tirone E. David

Fast Track Cardiac Surgical Program
Davy C.H. Cheng

Preoperative Assessment
Tirone E. David, Susan Kerwin-Lenkei John Bradley

Anesthesia and Cardiopulmonary Bypass Management

Early Extubation Anesthesia Technique
Davy C.H. Cheng

Perioperative Monitoring and Intraoperative Echocardiography
Corey Sawchuk, Harry Rakowski

Weaning from Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Annette Vegas

Blood Conservation and Transfusion Requirement in Cardiac Surgery
Jacek M. Karski

Anesthesia for Special Cardiac Surgery Procedures
Annette Vegas

Anesthetic Management of Diseases Affecting Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Ramiro Arellano

Malignant Hyperthermia
Jane E. Heggie

Combined Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Peter Slinger

Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Transplantation
Karen M. McRae

Heparin Associated Thrombocytopenia and Alternatives to Heparin
Patricia McNama, Annette Vegas

Cardiopulmonary Bypass Technique
Perfusion Department

Circulatory Arrest and Neuroprotection
Christopher M.S. Feindel, Ludwig Fedorko

Hemoconcentration and Hemodialysis During CPB
Teraze McDougall, Mary Scholz

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Arthur Melo, Mindy Madonik, Annette Vegas

Surgical Technique and Postoperative Consideration


Aortocoronary Bypass:Surgical TechniqueIncluding Cannulation Techniques
Anthony Ralph-Edwards

Myocardial Protection
Michael A. Borger, Richard D. Weisel

Surgery of Heart Valve, the Aortic Root, Ascending Thoracic Aorta and Transverse Arch

Tirone E. David

Heart Transplantation
Christopher Feindel, Heather Ross, Annette Vegas

Adult Congenital Heart Surgery
Nancy C. Poirier, Glen S. Van Arsdell,William G Williams

Ventricular Aneurysm Resection
Lynda L. Mickleborough

Combined Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
Charles M. Peniston

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Robert J. Cusimano

Partial Left Ventriculectomy (PLV)
Robert J. Cusimano

AICD and Pacemakers Insertion
Charles M. Peniston

Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)
Gideon Cohen

Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation
Shaf H. Keshavjee

Post-Cardiac Surgical Unit Management


Routine CVICU Care: Early Extubation to Discharge
Annette Vegas, Davy C.H. Cheng

Analgesia Techniques

Gerald O'Leary, Alan N. Sandler

Common Problems in the CVICU
Annette Vegas

Postoperative Complications Management

Chest Reopening
Terry M. Yau

Sternal Debridement and Muscle Flat Coverage
Tracey A. Thompson, Bing Sian Gan

Difficult Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
Richard M. Cooper

Tracheotomy Postcardiac Surgery
Jonathan C. Irish, Paul D. Warrick

Postcardiac Surgery Pacing Therapy
Douglas D. Cameron

Stroke
Charles M. Penison

Surgical Ward Management

Routine Sugical Ward Care

Tirone E. David, Lynda L. Mickeleborough, Susan Kerwin-Lenkei

Common Ward Complications
Tirone E. David, Lynda L. Mickeleborough, Susan Kerwin-Lenkei


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