Chapter1 Clinical Judgment in Critical Care
Chapter2 Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter3 Indications for Cardiac Surgery
Chapter4 Preoperative Cardiac Surgery Nursing Evaluation
Chapter5 Heart Valve Surgery
Chapter6 Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass
Chapter7 Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Chapter8 Recovery of Anesthesia following Cardiac Surgery
Chapter9 Hemodynamic Monitoring
Chapter10 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Chapter11 Mechanical Ventilation after Open Heart Surgery
Chapter12 Pharmacological Support Following Cardiac Surgery
Chapter13 Postoperative Complications of Cardiac Surgery and Nursing Interventions
Chapter14 Pain Management
Chapter15 Postoperative Dysrhythmias
Chapter16 Neurologic Complications
Chapter17 Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances Following Cardiac Surgery
Chapter18 Wound Care
Chapter19 Bridge to Transplant and Cardiac Transplantation
Chapter20 Implications of Obesity of the Cardiac Surgery Patient
Chapter21 Cardiogenetics