Fast facts for the cardiac surgery nurse everything you need to know in a nutshell /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
c2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Epidemiology of CAD, valve disease, and the need for heart surgery
- Diagnostic tests
- Preparing a patient for cardiac surgery
- Cardiopulmonary bypass
- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)
- Valve surgeries
- Other surgical treatments
- Off-pump surgeries and minimally invasive techniques
- The first few hours : initial recovery
- Complications : initial postoperative period
- Transition to intermediate care
- Extended recovery timelines
- Complications : extended recovery period
- Discharge
- Cardiac rehabilitation.