Cardiac surgery essentials for critical care nursing / [edited by] Sonya R. Hardin, Roberta Kaplow

Includes bibliographical references and index

Clinical judgment in critical care -- Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology -- Indications for cardiac surgery -- Preoperative cardiac surgery nursing evaluation -- Heart valve surgery -- Cardiopulmonary bypass and off-pump coronary artery bypass -- Minimally invasive cardiac surgery -- Recovery from anesthesia -- Hemodynamic monitoring -- Intra-aortic balloon pump -- Mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery -- Pharmacologic support following cardiac surgery -- Postoperative complications of cardiac surgery and nursing interventions -- Pain management -- Postoperative dysrhythmias -- Neurologic complications -- Fluid and electrolyte imbalances following cardiac surgery -- Wound care -- Bridge to transplant and cardiac transplantation -- Implications of obesity of the cardiac surgery patient -- Cardiogenetics