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Postoperative Cardiac Care

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This chapter is focused on topics relevant to the immediate postoperative care of cardiac surgery patients. Some of these topics are cardiopulmonary bypass, peri-operative monitoring, mechanical ventilation, low cardiac output syndrome, pulmonary arterial hypertension, arrhythmias and management of selected congenital heart defects, chylothorax, diaphragmatic paresis, and vocal cord paresis/ paralysis. The immediate postoperative management of congenital heart disease patients in the intensive care unit can be challenging and requires not only a thorough understanding of cardiovascular pathophysiology but also depends on a multidisciplinary team approach.

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    Orkun Baloglu, William Hanna & Mohammed Hamzah

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Baloglu, O., Hanna, W., Hamzah, M. (2021). Postoperative Cardiac Care. In: Lucking, S.E., Maffei, F.A., Tamburro, R.F., Zaritsky, A. (eds) Pediatric Critical Care . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53363-2_19

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