June 12, 2019

Critical Care of the Cardiac Surgery Patient

In this episode of Critical Matters, we explore the role of the intensivist in the postoperative care of the cardiac surgical patient. Our guest is Dr. John Greenwood, a practicing intensivist who splits his clinical time between the Cardiac and Vascular ICU and the ED-ICU at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Additional Resources:

Postoperative Critical Care of the Adult Cardiac Surgical Patient. Part I: Routine Postoperative Care: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25962078
Postoperative Critical Care of the Adult Cardiac Surgical Patient: Part II: Procedure-Specific Considerations, Management of Complications, and Quality Improvement: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26136101
Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine – a monthly CME podcast on resuscitation and critical care-related issues that can present to the ED https://www.criticalcareinem.com/
Critical Care Project – a multi-institutional website designed to be a multidisciplinary educational resource on topics in critical care. http://ccproject.com/

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

How to Win Friends & Influence People: https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1521825606&sr=8-3&keywords=dale+carnegie
The Last Lecture: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Lecture-Pausch-Randy-Hardcover/dp/B011MCWCDW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1521826496&sr=8-2&keywords=the+last+lecture

In the first of two episodes, we discuss general postoperative care, common complications, and the intensivist-cardiac surgeon relationship.