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Difficult Decisions in Cardiothoracic Critical Care Surgery

An Evidence-Based Approach

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Editors:
  1. Vassyl A. Lonchyna

    1. University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, USA

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  • Covers all major topics in subject area
  • Only book in the subject area to take follow an evidence-based approach
  • Contains a global perspective within many international authors

Part of the book series: Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach (DDSURGERY)

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Vassyl A. Lonchyna
    Pages 1-11

  3. Quality, Care and Ethics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Quality and Value in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit

      • Kevin Lobdell, Joe Mishkin, Rakesh C. Arora, Rohan Mukund Sanjanwala
      Pages 15-32

    3. OR to ICU Patient Handoff: A Matter of Communication

      • Subhasis Chatterjee
      Pages 33-40

    4. Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit: A Universal Need

      • Allen N. Gustin
      Pages 41-50

    5. Ethics: When to Turn Off the VAD

      • Scott B. Grant, Peter Angelos
      Pages 51-61

    6. Communication Surrounding Prognostication in the ICU: More Than Mere Talk?

      • Darren S. Bryan, Selwyn O. Rogers Jr
      Pages 63-71

  5. Hemodynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Intravascular Devices in the ICU

      • Danisa Daubenspeck, Aalok Kacha
      Pages 135-148

    3. Role of Ultrasound Guidance for Central Venous Access, Chest Tube Insertion, and Interventional Management of Cholecystitis in ICU Patients

      • Steven M. Yevich, Rahul A. Sheth
      Pages 149-162

    4. Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in the CT ICU: Helpful or Just Another Toy?

      • Kirk T. Spencer†
      Pages 163-174

    5. Inotropes and Vasopressors in the CT ICU: Getting the Mixture Right

      • Allison Dalton
      Pages 175-185

    6. Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Adult Cardiac Surgery

      • Jamie M. Eridon, Mark K. Ferguson
      Pages 187-198

    7. Atrial Fibrillation: Aggressive Treatment in the Postoperative Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient

      • Jason W. Greenberg, Ralph J. Damiano Jr., Spencer J. Melby
      Pages 199-209
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About this book

Critical care medicine is responsible for many of the most important advances in outcomes after cardiothoracic surgery in the past two decades.  The expertise developed in this subspecialty accounts for the resiliency that characterizes gold standard results evident in institutions recognized for excellence.  This volume is intended to share ideas and algorithms that will improve outcomes in cardiothoracic critical care units. 

This book is part of the Difficult Decisions in Surgery series that covers surgical specialties.  The volumes are multi-authored, containing brief chapters, each of which are devoted to one or two specific questions or decisions within that specialty that are difficult or controversial.  The volumes are intended as a current and timely reference source for practicing surgeons, surgeons in training, and educators that describe the recommended ideal approach, rather than customary care, in selected clinical situations.  

Reviews

“The audience includes practitioners, mainly cardiac intensivists, surgical critical care intensivists, and medical intensivists taking care of cardiothoracic surgery patients. … This excellent book covers important aspects of the care of complex cardiothoracic patients in the ICU that have yet to be addressed.” (Jeffanne E Millien, Doody's Book Reviews, October 18, 2019)   

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, USA

    Vassyl A. Lonchyna

About the editor

Dr. Vassyl A. Lonchyna is a cardiothoracic surgeon and a surgical intensivist in Chicago, Illinois (USA), affiliated with The University of Chicago.  He received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine, his surgical training at Duke University and Loyola University and his surgical critical care training at Stroger Hospital in Chicago. He has been in practice for more than 30 years.    

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Difficult Decisions in Cardiothoracic Critical Care Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: An Evidence-Based Approach

  • Editors: Vassyl A. Lonchyna

  • Series Title: Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04146-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04145-8Published: 28 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04146-5Published: 13 February 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2198-7750

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-7769

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 719

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

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