Intensive care after cardiac surgery

Abstract

Post-surgical cardiac surgery is one of the most critical therapeutic courses in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. Complications such as bleeding, heart failure, arrhythmias, organ failure, neurological disorders, respiratory failure, infection, and hemodynamic disorders are some of the most prominent and life-threatening events in this period. The management and treatment of these patients is done in partnership with a team that plays a key role for nurses. A prospective review article is an integrated review of the articles which have been evaluated and analyzed during three stages of the search of texts. Searching for texts in valid databases was searched using the keywords “nursing care”, “heart surgery”, “nursing” and “cardiac surgery complications”, subject to their publication period from 2000 to 2016. The data extracted from the reviewed articles is analyzed and categorized. Among the critical nursing practices in the management of this critical period, one can explore and identify people at risk, heart rate monitoring and monitoring, hemodynamic monitoring, correction of hypertension disorders, diagnosis and treatment of hemodynamic disorders, and prevention and treatment of neurological disorders. Be The forthcoming review study attempts to explain and explain the nurses’ responsibilities to specialized care units during post-operative heart surgery by systematically reviewing nursing texts. © 2018, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.