Nasotracheal Intubation on Postoperative Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease

Nasotracheal Intubation on Postoperative Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease

Nasotracheal intubation (NTI) is feasible and safe in neonatal cardiac surgery. System-level engagement with stakeholders is necessary to change clinical practice. NTI facilitates early SLP evaluation and treatment and significantly... read more

Trends in Time to Extubation for Pediatric Postoperative Cardiac Patients

Trends in Time to Extubation for Pediatric Postoperative Cardiac Patients

In this large, multicenter database study, early extubation rates in postoperative cardiac patients did not significantly change between 2009 and 2018. Centers that performed early extubation more frequently did not have... read more

Management of RV-Predominant Heart Failure and Shock in the Cardiac ICU

Management of RV-Predominant Heart Failure and Shock in the Cardiac ICU

Cardiogenic shock from left ventricular failure is a common presentation in the intensive care unit. In contrast, right ventricular (RV)-predominant heart failure (HF) causing shock is less well recognized. We review... read more

Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis,... read more

Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling Analysis Predicts the Hemodynamic Response to Norepinephrine in Hypotensive Postoperative Patients

Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling Analysis Predicts the Hemodynamic Response to Norepinephrine in Hypotensive Postoperative Patients

In patients with arterial hypotension norepinephrine increased end-systolic ventricular elastance and arterial elastance. The effects of norepinephrine on stroke volume depend on baseline ventriculo-arterial coupling. Although... read more

Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19: Risk, Pathogenesis and Outcomes

Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19: Risk, Pathogenesis and Outcomes

This book discusses the evidence behind the relationship between COVID-19 and heart disease based on emerging state-of-the-art data. The rapid and unexpected global spread of the COVID-19 has revealed proportional levels... read more

Point of Care Ultrasound Made Easy

Point of Care Ultrasound Made Easy

Point of Care Ultrasound Made Easy is an exciting and innovative book that aims to teach all healthcare professionals how to do simple and clinically relevant ultrasound scanning at the point of care. This book will help... read more

Adult Sepsis Hospitalization and Risk of Subsequent Cardiovascular Events

Adult Sepsis Hospitalization and Risk of Subsequent Cardiovascular Events

Adult sepsis survivors experience an increased hazard of major cardiovascular events compared to survivors of a non-sepsis hospitalization. 254,241 adult sepsis survivors were matched to adult survivors of non-sepsis hospitalization... read more

Case-Based Device Therapy for Heart Failure

Case-Based Device Therapy for Heart Failure

This book provides a comprehensive practical guide to the plethora of devices that have been developed to support the failing heart. It features easy to follow clinically relevant guidance on mechanical devices used for improving... read more

Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring: Basics and New Horizons

Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring: Basics and New Horizons

This book describes how to monitor and optimize cardiovascular dynamics using advanced hemodynamic monitoring in perioperative and intensive care medicine. The book outlines basic skills of hemodynamic monitoring, different... read more

Postoperative Critical Care for Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients

Postoperative Critical Care for Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients

This text reviews the postoperative management of patients who have undergone cardiac surgical procedures, some of the most common and most complicated forms of surgery. These patients and their management are characterized... read more

ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach

ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach

The second edition of this highly successful book includes up-to-date notes on the step-wise management of clinical emergencies encountered in everyday intensive care units (ICU). Each thoroughly revised chapter provides... read more

Optimal Follow-up After Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Optimal Follow-up After Acute Pulmonary Embolism

This position paper provides a comprehensive guide for optimal follow-up of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), covering multiple relevant aspects of patient counselling. It serves as a practical guide to treating... read more

POCUS in Cardiorespiratory Arrest

POCUS in Cardiorespiratory Arrest

The POCUS-CA (Point-of-care ultrasound in cardiac arrest) is a diagnostic tool in the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department setting. The literature indicates that in the patient in a cardiorespiratory arrest it... read more