The Year in Cardiothoracic Critical Care: Selected Highlights from 2019

J T Gutsche; M C Grant; J J Kiefer; K Ghadimi; M B Lane-Fall; M A Mazzeffi

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2020.09.114

The Year in Cardiothoracic Critical Care: Selected Highlights from 2019

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jan;36(1):45-57. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.09.114. Epub 2020 Sep 21.

Authors

J T Gutsche¹, M C Grant², J J Kiefer³, K Ghadimi⁴, M B Lane-Fall³, M A Mazzeffi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: jacob.gutsche@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

PMID: 33051148
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.09.114

Abstract

In 2019, cardiothoracic and vascular critical care remained an important focus and subspecialty. This article continues the annual series to review relevant contributions in postoperative critical care that may affect the cardiac anesthesiologist. Herein, the pertinent literature published in 2019 is explored and organized by organ system.

Keywords: ARDS; ECMO; cardiac surgery; critical care; enhanced recovery program; mechanical circulatory suppport.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Critical Care*
Humans
Postoperative Care