Abdominal Complications (AC) after cardiac surgery are devastating with significant associated morbidity and mortality. Prompt recognition, diagnosis and intervention are prudent to potentially rescue cardiac surgery patients. This video describes the most common AC after cardiac surgery, the presentation, associated mortality rates, and recommended management.

Presenters:
Jock M. Thacker, MD
Wayne State University School of Medicine

Frank A. Baciewicz, MD
Wayne State University School of Medicine
 

Duration
9 min.

A panel of leaders in cardiothoracic surgery will explore the cost of patient safety relative to the effects on education, how public reporting of patient safety is often confusing to patients, and how expected patient safety results may lead to disproportionate investments and difficult prioritization decisions.

Topics will include: 

Date
Duration
1 hr. 2 min.
Experts provide insight on the management of patients born with Tetralogy of Fallot.
Date
Duration
1 hr. 32 min.
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career development
One attendee's reflection on the STS Leadership Institute and his invaluable discoveries from the year-long course.
4 min read
Dr. Hassan A. Tetteh
A pre-meeting symposium on surgical and medical insights for transplant assessment and management

Descripción

Co-presentación de las Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), y European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS).

Las Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), y European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) tienen el gusto de anunciar la 1a. Conferencia Latinoamericana de Cirugía Torácica STS/EACTS/ESTS.

This webinar aims to help early career surgeons navigate their way through challenging procedures that do not yield the optimum outcome for the patient, support their OR team during these difficult experiences, and process the death of a patient.

This is the first event in a quarterly webinar series for early career surgeons. 


Moderators

Reilly D. Hobbs, MD, MBS
University of Utah/Primary Children's Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Brian A. Mitzman, MD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Date
Duration
1 hr.

In this 8 in 8 video, presenters give an overview of perioperative antibiotics in cardiothoracic surgery; including topics such as preoperative antibiotic selection and duration, when to cover pseudomonas, and the data on antibiotics in special situations such as chest tubes, ECMO, and delayed sternal closure after OR.

Presenters:

Lea M. Monday, MD, PharmD
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

Sorabh Dhar, MD
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

Duration
11 min.