Most patients with critical cardiac or thoracic conditions will at some stage pass through the cardiothoracic critical care unit. Critical care presents more complex clinical data than any other area of medicine. The new edition of Core Topics in Cardiothoracic Critical Care focuses on the latest practise in the management of patients in cardiothoracic intensive care. The practice of cardiothoracic critical care medicine is constantly evolving, and this new edition reflects the modernized learning styles for trainees. Each chapter includes key learning points as well as sample multiple choice questions and answers to assist in exam preparation. This edition also features updated chapters on ECMO, perioperative management of patients undergoing emergency cardiothoracic surgery, and advanced modes of organ support for patients. This text provides key knowledge in a concise and accessible manner for trainees, clinicians and consultants from specialities and disciplines such as cardiology and anaesthesia, and nursing and physiotherapy.

- The new edition reflects the evolution in cardiothoracic intensive care, ensuring that readers are brought up to date on the subject
- Has an improved structure following the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) curriculum, which reflects the modernized learning styles for trainees
- Contains expanded chapters on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), which is specific to cardiothoracic intensive care, and includes learning material for all readers on the subject

CONTENTS:
Part I. Diagnosis:
1. History and physical examination
2. Electrocardiography
3. Echocardiography
4. Coronary angiography
5. Bronchoscopy
6. Microbiology testing
7. Radiology for cardiothoracic intensivists
Part II. Practical Procedures:
8. Airway management (intubation and tracheostomy)
9. Chest drainage
10. Cardiac pacing and defibrillation
11. Arterial and venous catheterisation and invasive monitoring
Part III. Therapeutic Intervention:
12. Antibiotics and infections
13. Blood products and transfusion
14. Fluid administration
15. Inotropes and vasopressors
16. Sedation and analgesia
17. Mechanical ventilation (include oscillators, non-invasive ventilation, and differential ventilation)
18. Renal replacement therapy
19. Nutrition
20. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation
Part IV. Advanced Organ Support:
21. Heart failure support: intra-aortic balloon pump
22. Ventricular assist devices
23. Cardiac ECMO
24. Respiratory ECMO
Part V. Acute Disorders:
25A. Cardiac arrest in cardiothoracic intensive care
25B. Cardiac arrest in out-of-hospital patients
26. Airway emergencies
27. Chest pain as a symptom
28. Dyspnoea and acute respiratory failure
29. Shock
30. Systemic hypertension
31. Pulmonary hypertension
32. The infected patient
33. Seizures
34. Acute abdomen in cardiac ICU
35. Cardiothoracic trauma
36. The bleeding cardiac surgery patient
Part VI. Perioperative Care: The Patient Post Cardiac Surgery:
37. Coronary artery bypass grafting patients in ICU
38. Post heart valve surgical patients in ICU
39. Post-pulmonary endarterectomy patients in ICU
40. Heart transplantation
41. Lung transplantation
42. Aortic surgical patients in ICU
43. Thoracic surgical patients
Part VII. Disease Management in CTICU: Incidence, Etiology, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Treatment:
44. Respiratory disorders: ARDS
45. Cardiovascular disorders: the heart failure patient in ICU
46. Neurological disorders in cardiothoracic ICU
47. Psychiatric disorders and acute confusional state in cardiothoracic ICU
48. Haematological disorders in cardiothoracic ICU
49. Pregnancy and cardiovascular disease
50. Paediatric cardiothoracic ICU
51. Grown-up-congenital-heart disease patients in ICU
52. Difficult to wean from mechanical ventilation patients in ICU
Part VIII. Provision and Delivery of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care:
53. Nursing in cardiothoracic ICU and outreach care
54. Systems and processes in cardiothoracic ICU
55. Clinical information systems
56. Medico-legal and ethical issues in cardiothoracic ICU
57. Education in cardiothoracic ICU