Most patients with critical cardiac or thoracic conditions will at some stage pass through the cardiothoracic critical care unit. Critical care presents more complex clinical data than any other area of medicine. The new edition of Core Topics in Cardiothoracic Critical Care focuses on the latest practise in the management of patients in cardiothoracic intensive care. The practice of cardiothoracic critical care medicine is constantly evolving, and this new edition reflects the modernized learning styles for trainees. Each chapter includes key learning points as well as sample multiple choice questions and answers to assist in exam preparation. This edition also features updated chapters on ECMO, perioperative management of patients undergoing emergency cardiothoracic surgery, and advanced modes of organ support for patients. This text provides key knowledge in a concise and accessible manner for trainees, clinicians and consultants from specialities and disciplines such as cardiology and anaesthesia, and nursing and physiotherapy.

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۱. History and Examination
۲. Electrocardiography
۳. Echocardiography in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۴. Coronary Angiography
۵. Bronchoscopy in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۶. Microbiology Testing
۷. Radiology for Cardiothoracic Intensivists
۸. Airway Management in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care: Intubation and Tracheostomy
۹. Chest Drainage
۱۰. Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation
۱۱. Arterial and Venous Catheterisation and Invasive Monitoring
۱۲. Antibiotics in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۱۳. Blood Products and Transfusion
۱۴. Fluid Administration
۱۵. Inotropes and Vasopressors
۱۶. Sedation and Analgesia
۱۷. Mechanical Ventilation
۱۸. Renal Replacement Therapy
۱۹. Nutritional Support for Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care
۲۰. Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
۲۱. Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support
۲۲. Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)
۲۳. Cardiac Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
۲۴. Respiratory Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۲۵A. Resuscitation after Adult Cardiac Surgery
۲۵B. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۲۶. Airway Emergencies
۲۷. Chest Pain as a Symptom on the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۲۸. Acute Dyspnoea and Respiratory Failure
۲۹. Shock in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۳۰. Systemic Hypertension in Cardiothoracic Critical Care
۳۱. Pulmonary Hypertension in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۳۲. The Infected Patient
۳۳. Seizures
۳۴. The Acute Abdomen in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
۳۵. Cardiothoracic Trauma
۳۶. The Bleeding Cardiac Surgical Patient
۳۷. Management after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
۳۸. Intensive Care Unit Management Following Valve Surgery
۳۹. Pulmonary Endarterectomy Patients in Cardiothoracic Critical Care
۴۰. Heart Transplantation
۴۱. Lung Transplantation
۴۲. Aortic Surgical Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
۴۳. Thoracic Surgical Patients
۴۴. Respiratory Disorders: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
۴۵. Cardiovascular Disorders: the Heart Failure Patient in the Intensive Care Unit
۴۶. Neurological Aspects of Cardiac Surgery
۴۷. Postoperative Delirium
۴۸. Haematological Disorders and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care
۴۹. Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disorders
۵۰. Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
۵۱. Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH) Patients in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۵۲. Difficult to Wean from Mechanical Ventilation Patients in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۵۳. Cardiothoracic Critical Care Nursing, Outreach and Follow-up
۵۴. Systems and Processes in Cardiothoracic Critical Care
۵۵. Clinical Information Systems
۵۶. Medical Law and Ethics in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
۵۷. Training in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care