clarkheart

clarkheart

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  1. Fresh CABG Patients

    clarkheart replied to sway's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our hearts always come back with Swans from Baxter and we use the Vigilance Monitor to receive continous CI,SVR,BT,and SV02 if necessary so we have continous trending on their hemodynamics. As far as...

  2. Precedex...

    clarkheart replied to mjl2525's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I would agree with begalli that toradol is very effective when given routinely in the first 24-48 hours postop if their creatine and cbc will allow. We will start toradol once the pt. in on CPAP....

  3. Transcutaneous pacing

    clarkheart replied to VAC's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The best source for me to see how well my transcutaneous pacer is capturing is checking my monitor on my biphasic defib that I'm using to pace the patient with. I usually get too much interference if...

  4. Precedex...

    clarkheart replied to mjl2525's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Our cardiac surgeons use Precedex on our post op hearts when we are weaning them for extubation in the first few hours after surgery. The main problem I've had with it is hypotension esp. in more...