Section 5 Acute Disorders 25A Resuscitation after Adult Cardiac Surgery Jonathan H Mackay Defibrillation, ventilation, pacing and resuscitation are essential components of cardiac surgical care. The 2015 European Resuscitation Council (ERC)…
Section 7 Disease Management in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit: Incidence; Aetiology; Diagnosis; Prognosis; Treatment 44 Respiratory Disorders: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Alastair Proudfoot and Charlotte Summers Definitions and Epidemiology…
Section 6 Perioperative Care: The Patient Post Cardiac Surgery 37 Management after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery Sam Nashef and Paolo Bosco Professor Kolesov performed the first beating-heart left internal…
Section 8 Provision and Delivery of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care 53 Cardiothoracic Critical Care Nursing, Outreach and Follow-up Jo-anne Fowles Introduction Caring for the critically ill cardiothoracic patient requires a multidisciplinary…
Section 4 Advanced Organ Support 21 Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Evgeny Pavlushkov and Marius Berman Short-term mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices are used to maintain haemodynamic stability in cardiogenic shock…
Section 3 Therapeutic Intervention 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…
Section 2 Practical Procedures 8 Airway Management in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care: Intubation and Tracheostomy Martin John and Christiana Burt The ability to safely secure and manage a definitive airway on…
Section 1 Diagnosis 1 History and Examination Lachlan Miles and Joseph E Arrowsmith The first rule of diagnosis, gentlemen! Eyes: first and most; hands: next and least; tongue: not at…
