Pediatric
Cardiovascular Surgery
Surgery
Most patients requiring open heart surgery are
admitted to the hospital the morning of surgery. Our operating room team
consists of three board certified pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists,
three certified cardiopulmonary perfusionists (heart/lung machine
specialists), four registered nurses with special expertise in pediatric
heart surgery patients, numerous technicians and other support staff.
This team is headed by Dr. John L. Myers, the Chief of Pediatric and
Congenital Heart Surgery.
Following surgery, patients are cared for in the
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Here a multi-disciplinary approach is
used to care for patients to provide the best post-operative care. In
addition to the nurses and surgeons on the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Service, physicians in Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Cardiology,
and other Pediatric Specialists work together and provide around the
clock care of your child following surgery. Our staff are all fully
trained board certified physicians.
Parental visitation is allowed 24-hours a day while
your child is in the Intensive Care Unit. When your child is transferred
to the Pediatric Intermittent Care Unit, there are accommodations where
you can actually sleep in the room at their bedside. When your child is
in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, there are sleeping accommodations
in the waiting room. Most patients are able to be discharged from the
hospital within several days. As soon as hospitalization is no longer
necessary from a medical standpoint, we believe that further recovery
occurs best in the home environment with parents and family.
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