Optimizing Cardiac Output After Surgery
This video discusses optimizing cardiac output in the postoperative management of the pediatric cardiac patient.
Learning Objectives
Identify risk factors for increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) in the postoperative period.
Describe pertinent management strategies to preserve myocardial function and minimize oxygen consumption in the postoperative patient.
Identify precipitating causes & interventions for a postoperative pulmonary hypertensive crisis.
Author(s)
Dorothy (Dot) M. Beke, MS, RN, CPNP-PC/AC, FAAN
Nurse Practice Specialist & Mechanical Circulatory Support Nursing Resource, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU); Bereavement Coordinator, Heart Center' Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology Preoperative Clinic | Boston Children’s Hospital
Citation
Beke D, Wolbrink TA. Optimizing Cardiac Output after Surgery. 1/2014. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3016/optimizing-cardiac-output-after-surgery.