Author:
del Carmen Renteria Arellano Maria,de Jesus Ballesteros Loyo Hugo
Abstract
The patient undergoing heart surgery must be managed differently and more intensively than the average surgical patient. These are patients with important hereditary and pathological antecedents as well as co-morbidities and chronic pathologies. For this reason, studies and compilations have been carried out in order to improve the conditions of the patients and to have a favourable evolution. Likewise, advances in technology, as well as pharmacological advances have brought new strategies for the improvement of these patients, mainly by undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. This chapter is intended to be a guide for intensivists and the best management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery.