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The Cardiac Patient

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Airway management of the critically ill cardiac patient poses unique challenges to the clinician. It requires not only the skills to rapidly manage what may be a difficult airway scenario, but also the ability to anticipate and respond to the complex hemodynamic physiology of patients in varying degrees of cardiogenic shock or cardiac failure. Additionally, special attention must be paid to the pharmacologic management of the cardiac patient requiring advanced airway management. Understanding the hemodynamic derangements that can occur prior to and immediately after intubation of this patient population will set you up for safe and successful airway management.

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  1. The Christ Hospital and Lindner Institute for Research and Education, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Kari Gorder

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Jordan B. Bonomo

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Gorder, K., Bonomo, J.B. (2021). The Cardiac Patient. In: Garvin, R. (eds) Intubating the Critically Ill Patient. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56813-9_9

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