Anaes Cases · Cardiac anaesthesia & cardiopulmonary bypass
The CABG with the fast-track anaesthesia
The long case — the CABG fast-track. The balanced anaesthetic (the reduced opioid, the volatile preconditioning), the monitoring (the arterial, the PA, the TEE), the CPB management, the weaning, the early extubation.
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Prompt
A 65-year-old man for the elective CABG (the three-vessel disease, the EF 50 per cent). Discuss the anaesthetic plan for the fast-track approach.
Presentation
A 65-year-old man, the ASA 3, for the elective three-vessel CABG (the LAD, the circumflex, the RCA), the EF 50 per cent, the NYHA II. Discuss the anaesthetic plan for the fast-track approach.
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