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CARDIAC SURGERY AND INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY*

The Cardiothoracic Resuscitation and Critical Care Unit,

Located on the ground floor of the Surgical Block ("Rea Cardiothoracica") has 11 beds in total (Critical care + URPA).


Portfolio of Services of the Unit:

-Cardiac surgery.

-Heart transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease.

-Thoracic surgery.

In all of them, the entire process is comprehensively handled: preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative.

-Anesthesia in the Hemodynamics Unit.

-Anesthesia in Electrophysiology.

-Sedations in the Cardiac Imaging Unit.

-Anesthesia and sedation in Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy Unit.

-Patient Safety Plan: Zero Bacteremia, Zero Pneumonia, Declaration and analysis of adverse events and plan to improve them.

-Participation in teaching plans: Teaching plan for resident physicians, both for residents of the service and for rotating physicians.

-Participation in the hospital's hospital committees: Joint sessions and joint projects with the rest of the critical care and anesthesia services and the Coronary Unit to develop joint protocols, as well as unify joint action plans.

See also:

TEAM OF CARDIAC SURGEONS

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

URGENT SURGERY:

Notes for PREPARING MEDICATION in the operating room.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

GRAPH.

Notes for filling out the Cardiac Surgery Anesthesia Chart in the Unit.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

LEVOSIMENDAN

An update on levosimendan in acute cardiac care: applications and recommendations for optimal efficacy and safety.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

LEVOSIMENDANI:

Technical sheet.

(*Simdax must be diluted before administration).

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

DIGOXIN:

Digoxin is still useful, but is still causing toxicity.

CARDIAC SURGERY:

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY:

Basic Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Examination

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY:

Perioperative TEE. SEDAR consensus document.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

ECO-TEA:

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE): Basic intraoperative examination.

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CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS EXIT:

Algorithm for weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

GENERAL POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT:

Postoperative Critical Care of the Adult Cardiac Surgical Patient. Part I: Routine Postoperative Care

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

GENERAL POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT:

Postoperative Critical Care of the Adult Cardiac Surgical Patient: Part II: Procedure-Specific Considerations, Management of Complications, and Quality Improvement

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

PERIOPERATIVE BLEEDING MANAGEMENT:

Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Clinical Practice Improvement Advisory for MANAGEMENT OF PERIOPERATIVE BLEEDING and Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery Patients.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

CLOGGING:

Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac tamponade.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

Protocol for the use of bridging therapy with LMWH in the immediate postoperative period of cardiac surgery.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

VALVES: ANTITHROMBOTIC TREATMENT:

Antithrombotic Treatment After Surgical and Transcatheter Heart Valve Repair and Replacement.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:
EPICARDIC PACEMAKER:
Temporary epicardial pacing after cardiac surgery: a practical review.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

BCPIA: Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation:

Placement technique.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

EPICARDIC PACEMAKER:

Sensing and capture threshold test.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

BCPIA: Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation. Selection of operating mode and trigger/trigger signal.

(*Thanks to the team of perfusionists for the documentation).

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

IABP: Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation.

Handling.Timing.

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TAVI:

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) SEC Quality Standard.

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ARTERY CLOSURE DEVICES:

ANGIO-SEAL: Placement.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION:

AORTOCORONARY BYPASS.

("Critical trunk" = Surgical Emergency):

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients on ticagrelor therapy is not associated with adverse perioperative outcomes.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

CRAB:

Antiplatelet Bridging With Cangrelor

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CARDIAC SURGERY: CANGRELOR

Antiplatelet Bridging With Cangrelor.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS: SURGICAL TREATMENT.

Current AATS guidelines on surgical treatment of infective endocarditis.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

HEART TRANSPLANT:

Notes on Intraoperative Anesthesia for Heart Transplantation in the Unit.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

HEART TRANSPLANT:

Notes/protocol on management of immunosuppression and antibiotic prophylaxis in the Unit.

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CARDIAC SURGERY: CARDIAC TRANSPLANT: Early graft dysfunction after heart transplant: Prevention and management.

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CARDIAC SURGERY:

Postpericardiotomy syndrome.

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CARDIAC SURGERY: CONGENITAL CARDIOPARTIES:
FONTAN: Perioperative Management of the Fontan Patient for Cardiac and Noncardiac Surgery.

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THORACIC AORTA:

Frozen elephant trunk for the treatment of acute aortic syndrome.

(The E-vita Open Neo prosthesis is used in the Unit).

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THORACIC AORTA:

Elephant trunk frozen to beating heart.

(The E-vita Open Neo prosthesis is used in the Unit).

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