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Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Practice
Edited by G. P. Gravlee, R. F. Davis, A. H. Stammers, and R. M. Ungerleider 3rd ed, 816 pp, $179.50 Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-6815-3
JAMA. 2008;299(18):2210-2211.
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.—Albert Einstein
The third edition of Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Practice has been updated to reflect advances in surgical innovation and developments in perfusion management. The authors have restructured the present edition by expanding sections on neonates, infants, and children, while adding 2 new chapters on patient safety and teamwork as they relate to patient outcome. With 2 additional editors, this recent addition brings added insight from the surgical and perfusion perspectives. The authors' intent is for the text to illustrate the multidisciplinary nature of cardiopulmonary bypass involving cardiothoracic anesthesia, cardiac surgery, and perfusion teams. The advancement of cardiac surgery with increasingly complex procedures has been made possible by crucial developments in cardiopulmonary bypass techniques. The text is divided into 6 sections, each with a separate focus on different aspects of cardiopulmonary bypass management: history, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Colleen G. Koch, MD, MS, Reviewer
Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio kochc@ccf.org
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