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“Fast Facts for Cardiac Surgery” is a concise clinical reference on the critical care of the postoperative cardiac surgery patient. Critical care nurses, residents, and respiratory therapists can come here to find the important facts on:


•Indications, Risk Factors, Mortality rates, and Assessment of Risk.

•The surgeries: CABG, Off Pump CABG, Saphenous Veins vs ITA grafts, Valve Disease and Replacement, and VSD management and Repair

•The postop emergencies: Hemorrhage, Acute Hypotensive Crisis, Pericardial Tamponade, Emergency Sternotomy

•The procedures: Cardiopulmonary bypass, The First 30 Minutes of Recovery, The First 24 Hours of Care, Atrial ECG, Epicardial Pacing, Weaning from the ventilator

•The postop problems: Hypertension, Neurologic injury, Low Cardiac Output, Dysrhythmias, Perioperative AMI, Electrolyte Imbalance, Renal Dysfunction, Pulmonary Complications, Mediastinitis.

•Each postop problems includes essential assessments, important pathophysiologic considerations, diagnostic approaches, up-to-date treatment guidelines, and risk factors for complications.

“Fast Facts for Cardiac Surgery” is gleaned from hundreds of critical care and cardiac surgery texts, journals, and studies, as well as from the experiences of clinical practice.

Finding the specific facts that you need is fast and easy using the selectable table of contents for the main topics as well as for the subtopics. Color illustrations enhance understanding and explanation to others.

“Fast Facts for Cardiac Surgery” is a specialty chapter that is part of the well-known and popular series of quick references, “Fast Facts for Critical Care,” written and published by Kathy White Learning Systems, Inc.