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Learning Objectives

• Compare available strategies for urgent univentricular and biventricular mechanical support.
• Choose vasoactive medications based on an algorithmic approach to shock phenotypes.
• Practice consensus-based selection criteria for choosing ECMO and mechanical circulatory support strategies.
• Select strategies for the optimal care of the post-arrest patient.
• Manage refractory hypoxemia with improve understanding of ventilator parameters and mechanics in cardiac patients, and acknowledge heart-lung interaction and impact on physiology and treatment.
• Evaluate contributions of right ventricular dysfunction and ventricular interdependence in acute cardiopulmonary dysfunction.
• Demonstrate appropriate systems-based practice in modern cardiac critical care by employing care bundles and evidence-based practice with nutrition and physical therapy.
• Recognize signs and causes of delirium in critically ill patients and implement an appropriate neuropharmacologic treatment plan.

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