Perioperative Care in Cardiac Anesthesia and Surgery -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- SECTION I: Introduction -- Prognostic Risks and Preoperative Assessment -- SECTION II: Anesthesia and Cardiopulmonary Bypass Management -- Fast-track Cardiac Anesthesia Management in On-pump and Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery -- Anesthetic Management in Valvular Heart Surgery -- Anesthetic Management in Robotic Cardiac Surgery -- Circulatory Arrest and Neuroprotection -- Anesthesia for Combined Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery -- Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Transplantation -- Anesthesia for Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices -- Anesthesia and Congenital Heart Disease -- Anesthetic Management of Comorbid Diseases Affecting Cardiopulmonary Bypass -- Regional Anesthesia Techniques and Management -- Perioperative Monitoring in Cardiac Anesthesia -- Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography -- Essence of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit and Intra-aortic Balloon Pump -- Weaning from Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Low Output Syndrome -- Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Dysfunction Postcardiopulmonary Bypass -- Perioperative Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery -- Antifibrinolytics and Coagulation Management -- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Alternatives to Heparin -- Management of the Cardiac Surgical Emergency -- SECTION III: Surgical Technique and Postoperative Consideration -- Myocardial Protection During Cardiac Surgery -- On-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery -- Off-pump Coronary Revascularization Surgery -- Robotic Coronary Artery Revascularization Surgery -- Surgery of the Aortic Valve -- Surgery of the Mitral Valve -- Tricuspid Valve Surgery -- Robotic Cardiac Valvular Surgery -- Surgery of the Ascending Aorta -- Surgery of the Transverse Aortic Arch and Cerebral Protection.

Surgery of the Descending Thoracic Aorta -- Combined Cardiac and Vascular Surgery -- Surgery for Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction -- Surgery for End-stage Heart Disease and Heart Transplantation -- Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation -- Ventricular Assist Devices -- Adult Congenital Heart Surgery -- Ventricular Reconstruction or Aneurysm Resection for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy -- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and Pacemaker Insertion -- SECTION IV: Cardiac Surgical Recovery Unit -- Routine Cardiac Surgery Recovery Care: Extubation to Discharge -- Common Problems in the Cardiac Surgery Recovery Unit -- Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmia Management -- Postcardiac Surgery Pacing Therapy -- Tamponade and Chest Reopening -- Infection, Sternal Debridement, and Septic Shock -- Difficult Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Tracheotomy Care -- Renal Failure and Dialysis -- Neurologic Complications and Management -- SECTION V: Surgical Ward Management -- Routine Surgical Ward Care -- Common Ward Complications and Management -- SECTION VI: Appendices -- APPENDIX A: POSTOPERATIVE TGH/CVICU MEDICAL ADMISSION FORM -- APPENDIX B: POSTCARDIAC SURGERY MEDICAL ADMISSION ORDERS(TGH/CVICU) -- APPENDIX C: POSTCARDIAC SURGERY MEDICAL ADMISSION ORDERS(LHSC/CSRU) -- APPENDIX D: TGH/CVICU MEDICAL DISCHARGE FORMS -- APPENDIX E: TGH/CVICU MEDICAL DISCHARGE ORDERS -- APPENDIX F: LHSC VENTILATION WEANING AND EXTUBATIONPROTOCOL -- APPENDIX G: PATIENT CONTROL ANALGESIA ORDER -- APPENDIX H: ANTICOAGULATION GUIDELINE POSTCARDIAC SURGERY -- APPENDIX I: INSULIN PROTOCOL FOR GLUCOSE CONTROL -- APPENDIX J: PHARMACOLOGY IN CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIAAND SURGERY -- APPENDIX K: MODIFIED ACLS PROTOCOLS -- APPENDIX L: PREOPERATIVE CARDIAC TRANSPLANT MEDICAL ORDER -- APPENDIX M: MEDICAL TRANSFER ORDERS POST HEART TRANSPLANT.

APPENDIX N: MEDICAL ORDERS FOR CARE OF SPINAL DRAINS -- APPENDIX O: HOSPITAL DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS POSTCARDIACSURGERY -- Index.