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Postoperative Care

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Postoperative care has evolved over the years into a scientific method of maintaining desirable physiologic states or changing abnormal states. This chapter discusses our routine postoperative monitoring and therapy and reviews common problems occurring in the postoperative period, with an outline of our therapies.

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  1. Section of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sutter Memorial Hospital, 5301 F Street, Suite 312, 95819, Sacramento, California, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan MD (Chief, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Formerly: Associate Professor of Surgery)

  2. Davis Medical School, University of California, 5301 F Street, Suite 312, 95819, Sacramento, California, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan MD (Chief, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Formerly: Associate Professor of Surgery)

  3. Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan MD (Chief, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Formerly: Associate Professor of Surgery) & Albert Starr MD (Professor of Surgery, Director)

  4. Heart Institute at St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Albert Starr MD (Professor of Surgery, Director)

  5. Starr-Wood Cardiac Group, P.C., 9155 SW Barnes Rd., Suite 240, 97225-6629, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Albert Starr MD (Professor of Surgery, Director)

  6. Harwin Studios, 9101 SW 15th Avenue, 97219, Portland, OR, USA

    Fredic M. Harwin BFA, MS

  7. Hôpital Broussais, University of Paris, Paris, France

    Alain Carpentier MD (Professor of Cardiac Surgery)

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Harlan, B.J., Starr, A., Harwin, F.M., Carpentier, A. (1995). Postoperative Care. In: Manual of Cardiac Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2474-7_7

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