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…
Chapter 17 Anesthesia for Neurointerventional Radiology Mary Landrigan-Ossar Introduction Anesthesiologists caring for pediatric patients in the neurointerventional suite have many tasks. As experts in the physiology of anesthesia and its…
Chapter 20 Perioperative Salt and Water in Pediatric Neurocritical Care Robert C. Tasker and Frederick Vonberg Introduction The overall goal of perioperative care is to prepare the patient for the…
Chapter 21 Intensive Care Considerations of Pediatric Neurosurgery Craig D. McClain and Michael L. McManus Introduction Pediatric patients who have undergone intracranial and other complicated neurosurgical procedures are often best…
Chapter 19 Anesthetic-Induced Neurotoxicity Mary Ellen McCann Introduction The safe conduct of anesthesia during the neonatal period and infancy is associated with more complications than during later periods of childhood….
Chapter 18 Radiation Therapy Thejovathi Edala , Rahul Koka and Babu V. Koka Introduction In 2015, it was estimated that more than 10,000 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in…
