Postoperative Cardiovascular Management

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Key Points 1. Maintaining oxygen transport and oxygen delivery appropriately to meet the tissue metabolic needs is the goal of postoperative circulatory control. 2. Cardiac function worsens after cardiac surgical…

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Postoperative Pain Management for the Cardiac Patient

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Key Points 1. Inadequate postoperative analgesia and/or an uninhibited perioperative surgical stress response has the potential to initiate pathophysiologic changes in all major organ systems, which may lead to substantial…

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Thoracic Aorta

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Key Points 1. Diseases of the thoracic aorta can occasionally be managed with medical treatment and surveillance, whereas others require surgical intervention. Depending on the disease process, some surgeries may…

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Long-Term Complications and Management

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Key Points 1. Cardiac surgical patients are at significant risk from preventable adverse events. These events occur through human error, by either faulty decision making (diagnosis, decision for treatment) or…

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Postoperative Respiratory Care

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Key Points 1. Cardiac anesthesia has fundamentally shifted from a high-dose narcotic technique to a more balanced approach using moderate-dose narcotics, shorter-acting muscle relaxants, and volatile anesthetic agents. 2. This…

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Discontinuing Cardiopulmonary Bypass

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Key Points 1. The key to successful weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is proper preparation. 2. After rewarming the patient, correcting any abnormal blood gases, and inflating the lungs, make…

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