Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Current Concepts and Controversies

by John H. Tinker

This comprehensive monograph provides an understanding of cardiopulmonary bypass with discussions of such areas as pump flow ranges, methods of producing anesthesia during bypass, complement activation, stress response, and blood flow distribution. Describes the risks of neurologic and neuropsychiatric dysfunction after bypass. Covers emergence from bypass and the various uses, benefits, and drawbacks of inotropes, vasodilators, intra-aortic balloon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721688314
• ISBN13: 9780721688312
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.