H. Principles of Postoperative Care

Unit Objective:

At the end of this unit the resident understands postoperative care of patients having palliation or correction of congenital cardiac anomalies and manages all aspects of their postoperative care.

Learner Objectives:

Upon completion of the unit the resident:

1. Knows the physiologic characteristics of neonates and small infants;
   
   
2. Understands the management of infants and children who have undergone operative correction of simple and complex congenital cardiac anomalies;
   
   
3. Understands the postoperative management of patients with systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts;
   
   
4. Understands the management of patients who have had a right heart bypass operation;
   
   
5. Understands the physiologic preoperative and postoperative management of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome;
   
   
6. Understands which infants and children are prone to have a pulmonary hypertensive crisis;
   
   
7. Knows the prevention, recognition, and treatment of pulmonary hypertensive crises.