Manual of Perioperative Care in Adult Cardiac Surgery: The Gold Standard Reference

Now in its sixth edition, Robert M. Bojar’s Manual of Perioperative Care in Adult Cardiac Surgery remains the go-to practical guide for healthcare professionals involved in the care of cardiac surgery patients. Written in outline format, this comprehensive resource provides a detailed and clearly explained review of cardiac surgical disease and perioperative management.

A Valuable Resource for Healthcare Professionals

This manual is an indispensable tool for practicing cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, residents, fellows, advanced practice providers, critical care and floor nurses, perfusionists, and medical students. It provides a thorough understanding of cardiac surgical disease and perioperative management, making it an essential reference for anyone involved in cardiac care.

Extensively Rewritten and Updated

The sixth edition has been extensively rewritten to incorporate the latest concepts, guidelines, protocols, and medications used in cardiac surgical practice. This ensures that healthcare professionals have access to the most up-to-date information, enabling them to provide the best possible care for their patients.

Key Features and Highlights

• Comprehensive coverage of cardiac surgical diseases, including pathophysiology, indications for surgery per guidelines, and figures of operative procedures and diagnostic techniques
• Chronologic evaluation of patients from preoperative assessment to intraoperative considerations to postoperative care for each procedure
• Extensive chapters discussing organ system management in the ICU, followed by a discussion of later postoperative management and problems
• Incorporation of newer techniques (TAVR, Mitraclip, etc.) within the chronologic format
• Easy access to information using an outline format, markers on the free edges to identify chapters, synopsis pages at the beginning of each chapter, and a comprehensive index to provide easy referencing within the text
• Updated references throughout that are available from online resources
• 21 appendices summarizing order sheets, protocols, commonly used drug doses, body mass index, and other important information

Praise for the Fifth Edition

“Surgeons are frequently asked to recommend a text that can be used to guide the care of their patients. This comprehensive text is the standard by which any other text should be judged.” – Critical Care Medicine

“It remains a classic and a must-have for anyone involved in cardiac surgery.” – Perfusion.com

Product Details

ASIN: B08NTYQ2L8

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 6th edition (November 17, 2020)

Publication date: November 17, 2020

Language: English