Cardiothoracic surgery

Weaver 15 May 2013 Cardiothoracic Surgeon Research Paper Cardiothoracic Surgery is one of the most interesting and rewarding careers in the medical field. It was stated in Saving the Heart by Stephen Klaidman, “In the 1950s surgeons found ways to do quick repairs of congenital heart defects and faulty valves, and then the first heart-lung machine was invented, which made longer operations possible.” Since then, Cardiothoracic surgery has been constantly evolving to incorporate the new technological

Hector Cardenas May 18, 2017 Pre-AP English Mrs. Sanchez Cardiothoracic Surgery Introduction Cardiothoracic surgery, holding someone’s life in your hands, could you handle it? Cardiothoracic surgeons are very important, with high demand all around the world. It takes many years of education, and their typical day consists of tedious hours in which they frequently witness death. However, all these drawbacks are outshined by the amount of lives they save, the lucrative salary earned, and the

Christiaan Barnard as a young child never imagined that one day he would be known as the greatest pioneer of Cardiothoracic Surgery of all time. The advances of Cardiothoracic Surgery surpassed anything that he could ever imagine. It was far more than anyone could imagine. Human heart transplants had never been performed. No one even knew what Artificial Heart valves meant or how they could extend lives. They would not just extend lives but it gave a better quality of life to those who suffered with

A cardiothoracic surgeon is a physician who specializes in the surgical performance of any tissues and organs located between the collarbones and the diaphragm. Which would include the heart, lungs, esophagus, and anything located in the chest area. There are subspecialties within the career of a cardiothoracic surgeon, such as a cardiovascular surgeon, general thoracic surgeon, and congenital heart surgeon. Broadly speaking, cardiothoracic surgeons operate on patients with any diseases that are

sleep disturbances associated with cardiac surgery patients. One of the major complaints from the cardiac surgery population is the inability to sleep at night. My proposed strategy consists of the idea that by increasing nursing knowledge, education, and intervention there will be a reduction in sleep disturbances for the cardiac surgery population. Methodology Questions The sample will be selected from Duke University Hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery stepdown units, including only the cardiac

on in his career, it was evident that most of dynamic cardiothoracic research was taking place overseas. Persistent in always increasing his expertise, Victor moved to the UK in 1965 where he undertook his training and met his wife, Anne. After 5 years of intense work Victor again moved overseas, to the USA in 1970, where once again he sought after more education. One year later Victor moved back to Australia where his career in heart surgery was to reach great heights. One of the peek moments in

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of this paper is to conclude a theory that presents an explanation as to why a large percentage of patients often develop depression post open-heart surgery. This theory will consider dynamic causes of depression including physiological, psychological, developmental, social, and spiritual factors of patient experiences. Post-Cardiovascular Surgery Depress Physiologic Stressors Depression is among one of the many risks involving any cardiac open-heart surgical procedure. The body is put under

The sample size consisted of 1,200 patients that had undergone open heart surgery at a hospital in Denmark (Greve & Pedersen, 2016). In order to address rigor of the data the principal author met with the participants each morning to make sure they answered the questions in the diary and help them complete the questions (Greve

surgeon steps in. Cardiothoracic surgeon, also known as heart surgeon or cardiac surgeon or cardiovascular surgeon, is a healthcare professional who specializes in the diagnosis, surgical treatment and medical management of the patients with heart and lung diseases. Cardiothoracic surgeons are responsible for