No need to break into a cold sweat in PICU any more. We have teamed up with Marc Anders of PICU Doctor to bring to you a fabulous guide for managing post-op cardiac patients in PICU.
Author: Tessa DavisTessa Davis is a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the Royal London Hospital and a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London.
PICU Central
Davis, T. PICU Central, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2013. Available at:
http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.3672
No need to break into a cold sweat in PICU any more. We have teamed up with Marc Anders of PICU Doctor to bring to you a fabulous guide for managing post-op cardiac patients in PICU.
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BASICS
Initial post-operative care and problems
Empiric antibiotics for general infection
Formulae
Infection
Central venous catheters
OTHER PICU BITS
Anticoagulation
Arrhythmias
Blood products
Chest drains
Chylothorax
Fluids
Haemofiltration and dialysis
Low cardiac output syndrome
Maintenance fluids
Nitric oxide
Nutrition
Open chest
Pacing
Prolonged QT syndrome
Pulmonary hypertension
Renal failure
T3 in cardiac surgery
CARDIAC DEFECTS
Anomalous left coronary artery
Atrial septal defect
Atrioventricular septal defect
Blalock-Taussig shunt
Coarctation of the aorta
Ebstein’s anomaly
Fontan circulation
Glenn shunt
Hypoplastic left heart
Interrupted aortic arch
Left ventricular outflow obstruction
Patent ductus arteriosus
Pulmonary atresia with IVS
Single ventricle physiology
TAPVD
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the great arteries
Tricuspid atresia
Truncus arteriosus
Ventricular septal defect
ABO incompatible blood transfusion
Berlin Heart VAD EXCOR
Cardiomyopathy
ECMO
ECMO antibiotics
Heart failure and ventricular assists devices
Heart transplantation
Myocarditis
ANAESTHESIA
Analgesia and sedation
Basic pharmacology
Inotropes and vasodilators
Inotropes and vasopressors
Intubation
Muscle relaxation
Tolerance and withdrawal
Weaning opioids and sedation
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