Introduction to the Special Issue-Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care: A Future of Distinction

Amar M Bhatt; Michael K Essandoh

doi:10.3390/medicina58121781

Introduction to the Special Issue-Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care: A Future of Distinction

Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Dec 3;58(12):1781. doi: 10.3390/medicina58121781.

Authors

Amar M Bhatt¹, Michael K Essandoh²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine and Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.

Abstract

Critical care after cardiothoracic surgery is an inseparable component of any successful surgical program addressing intrathoracic pathologies, including heart failure treatment with mechanical circulatory support, and respiratory failure requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Critical Care
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Heart Failure* / surgery
Humans
Respiratory Insufficiency*

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.