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.

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