Cardiovascular Intensive Care
CRITICAL CARE CLINICS (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - November 15, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Steven M. Hollenberg, Jos é L. Díaz-Gómez Source Type: research
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ELSEVIER (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - November 15, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Contributors
GREGORY S. MARTIN, MD, MSc (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - November 15, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
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Steven M. Hollenberg and Jos é L. Díaz-Gómez (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - November 15, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
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Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - November 15, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
The Changing Epidemiology of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Coronary care units (CCUs) were originally designed to monitor and treat peri-infarction ventricular arrhythmias but have evolved into highly specialized cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) that provide care to a patient population that is increasingly heterogeneous and complex. Paralleling broader epidemiologic trends, patients admitted to contemporary CICUs are older and have a greater burden of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular comorbidities. Moreover, contemporary CICU patients have high illness severity and often present with acute noncardiac organ dysfunction. In addition to these shifting demographic patterns, ...
Source: Critical Care Clinics - October 7, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Gurleen Kaur, David D. Berg Source Type: research
Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
This article provides a broad overview of key concepts and more commonly encountered critical illness presentations in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients. General principles are discussed, and the need for ACHD subspecialty consultation is emphasized. ACHD is categorized based on hemodynamic profile, and common clinical presentations are reviewed, including common pitfalls. Many ACHD lesions are associated with predictable complications, and awareness of these associations can guide evaluation and management, which are listed in this article. (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - September 29, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Maan Jokhadar, Joel T. Hardin Source Type: research
Data Science in Critical Care
CRITICAL CARE CLINICS (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - September 12, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Andre L. Holder, Rishikesan Kamaleswaran Source Type: research
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ELSEVIER (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - September 12, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Contributors
GREGORY S. MARTIN, MD, MSC (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - September 12, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Contents
Andre L. Holder and Rishikesan Kamaleswaran (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - September 12, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Forthcoming Issues
Cardiovascular Intensive Care (Source: Critical Care Clinics)
Source: Critical Care Clinics - September 12, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Heart Transplantation —Postoperative Considerations
Heart transplantation (HT) remains the best treatment of patients with severe heart failure who are deemed to be transplant candidates. The authors discuss postoperative management of the HT recipient by system, emphasizing areas where care might differ from other cardiac surgery patients. Working together, critical care physicians, heart transplant surgeons and cardiologists, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, transplant coordinators, nursing staff, physical therapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation specialists, nutritionists, health psychologists, social workers, and the patient and their loved ones part...
Source: Critical Care Clinics - September 8, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Gozde Demiralp, Robert T. Arrigo, Christopher Cassara, Maryl R. Johnson Source Type: research
Valvular Heart Disease in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Valvular heart disease pathologies are commonly encountered in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). Clinical presentations may range from an acute pathology of the aortic or mitral valve necessitating emergency intervention to a more subtle decompensation of longstanding valvular disease. With growing numbers of transcatheter valvular interventions, CICU providers must recognize and manage common complications after transcatheter aortic, mitral, and tricuspid interventions. In addition, prosthetic valve dysfunction should always be excluded in a CICU patient presenting with an acute cardiopulmonary decompensation. Multi...
Source: Critical Care Clinics - September 7, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Emily K. Zern, Rachel C. Frank, Evin Yucel Source Type: research
Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) encompasses a broad range of conditions, including pulmonary artery hypertension, left-sided heart disease, and pulmonary and thromboembolic disorders. Successful diagnosis and management rely on an integrated clinical assessment of the patient ’s physiology and right heart function. Right ventricular (RV) heart failure is often a result of PH, but may result from varying abnormalities in preload, afterload, and intrinsic myocardial dysfunction, which require distinct management strategies. Consideration of an individual’s hemodynamic phenotype and physiologic circumstances is paramount in m...
Source: Critical Care Clinics - September 7, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Anika Vaidy, Oisin O ’Corragain, Anjali Vaidya Source Type: research