title: Care of the adult cardiac surgery patient: part I.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon, IL, USA.
authors.forename: A Thomas
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Pezzella
authors.forename: Victor A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Ferraris
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lancey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003422:Critical Care; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013903:Thoracic Surgery