The Johns Hopkins Manual of Cardiac Surgical Care (Paperback)

Thoroughly revised, this handy manual is filled with practical advice for the entire cardiac care team. It covers all aspects of care of the surgical heart patient—from preoperative assessment to postoperative management to treatment protocols.

Salient Features
* Chapters written by both nurses and doctors emphasize the critical care team approach to cardiac surgery to improve patient outcomes and provide useful, practical information for every clinical setting.
* A logical organization, including individual sections on preoperative, operative, and postoperative issue speeds to the information you need.

Table of Contents
Section I: Preoperative Assessment
* 1. Preoperative Assessment – Miller and Beauman

Section II: Operative Issues
* 2. Cardiovascular Pharmacological Agents – Simmonds, Nyhan, and Berkowitz
* 3. Coronary Artery Disease – Hsia, Peck, and Conte
* 4. Valvular Heart Disease – Caparelli and Conte
* 5. Diseases of the Aorta – Quigley, Williams, and Conte
* 6. Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias – Shah and Baumgartner
* 7. Heart Transplantation and Treatment of End-Stage Heart Disease – Williams and Bethea
* 8. Mechanical Circulatory Support – Bonde and Conte

Section III: Postoperative Issues
* 9. Postoperative Hemodynamic Management – Dorman and Nyhan
* 10. Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, and Tamponade – Haddadin and Farraday
* 11. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Renal Function – Dodd
* 12. Detection and Management of Postoperative Ischemia – Verde
* 13. Postoperative Pulmonary Management – Grogan
* 14. Management of Postoperative Cardiac Arrhythmias – Martinez, Warczynski, Wallop, Slater, and Owens
* 15. Postoperative Infection in Cardiac Surgery – Hartsell
* 16. Neurologic Sequelae of Cardiac Surgery – Weller

Section IV: Progressive Care and Preparation for Discharge
* 17. Anticoagulation – Aumick, Elliot, and Peithman
* 18. Physical Rehabilitation – Trottman and Pippenger
* 19. Special Care Issues – Moyer, Cafeo, and Lohmann-Edwards
* Appendix A: Management Summaries – Fleischer and Stuart