Management of the postoperative pediatric cardiac surgical patient

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1974-1984

  Bronicki, Ronald A ^a,b   Chang, Anthony C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary bypass; cardiopulmonary interaction; hemodynamic monitoring; Pediatric cardiac surgery; postoperative management; vasoactive support; ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ARGIPRESSIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOSIMENDAN; LIOTHYRONINE; MILRINONE; NESIRITIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; THYROID HORMONE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GLENN SHUNT; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; OPERATING ROOM; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN EXTRACTION FRACTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPERFUSION INJURY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TACHYPHYLAXIS; TEAMWORK; THORAX PRESSURE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 79961098316     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31821b82a6     Document Type: Review

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