The development of cardiovascular anesthesia in Turkey has been accompanied by cardiovascular surgery. The anesthesia clinic was established by Prof. Dr. Ercüment Kopman at the Istanbul Chest Heart and Vascular Surgery Center. He continued as the head of the clinic until 1971 when he went to the USA.
After the departure of Dr. Ercüment Kopman in 1971, Dr. Şevket Kaya was appointed as the chief of the clinic and continued as the chief of the clinic until 1983 when he retired. Between 1983-1986
Dr. Nevzat Atılgan was the chief of the clinic. Dr. Sevim Canik, one of the first assistants of our clinic, started to work as an assistant in our hospital in 1975. In 1984, she became deputy chief, acted as acting chief between 1986-1989 and became the chief of the clinic in 1989. She is still working as an Education Officer.
In 1987, Dr. Zuhal Aykaç, who was appointed as assistant chief in our hospital, became the chief of the clinic in 1992 with the opening of the 2nd clinical chief position. In 1990, Dr. Zuhal Aykaç, who became an associate professor, worked as a professor at Marmara University Anesthesiology Department between 1996-1999, and then returned as a clinical chief in 1999. In 1990, the Society of Chest-Heart-Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care was established in relation to cardiac anesthesia and Prof. Dr. Zuhal Aykaç served as the president of the society for 4 terms.
Under the responsibility of Nurcan Tutar, who started working as an anesthesia technician in 1982, a total of 22 anesthesia technicians and technicians, most of whom have been trained in our clinic and have given many years of service here, work in our clinic. There are also 4 auxiliary staff.
ROUTINE HOSPITAL SERVICES
Our clinic provides anesthesia for group A, B, C, D and E adult, congenital cardiovascular surgery and thoracic surgery in 14 (7+7) operating rooms in the Main and Tower buildings.
Anesthesia applications are performed in daily interventional procedures such as angiography and bronchoscopy. In Adult and Pediatric cardiology catheter laboratories, invasive catheterization, monitoring and sedation of patients are provided in the presence of a responsible specialist, an assistant and an anesthesia technician. During the procedure, general anesthesia is administered when necessary, and patients are sent to the wards after being monitored for the necessary time after the procedure.
Postoperative intensive care units are operated with the cooperation of anesthesia and surgery in a team approach. In 2 adult and 1 pediatric intensive care units, postoperative patient care services are provided 24 hours a day by a responsible specialist physician and a sufficient number of assistants in accordance with established standards and guidelines.
Consultation services in coronary intensive care units and clinics are provided immediately upon written or verbal request.
Interventional procedures such as epidural catheter placement, nerve blocks and postoperative pain treatment are performed in our pain outpatient clinic, which has been in service for about 10 years.
In cases where CPR is required with the code blue application, the necessary anesthesia and resuscitation procedures are carried out primarily by the code blue team on duty 24 hours a day.
Intraoperative and postoperative TTE examinations are performed by two specialists.
Following the preoperative evaluation of all patients to be operated on by an anesthesiologist, informed consent and consent forms are filled out and premedication is given.
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Since 1972, our clinic has been providing uninterrupted resident education and has trained dozens of specialists to date. They are working successfully and proudly in various parts of Istanbul and our country.
In our clinic, seminars and case presentations are held on Fridays and literature hours on Mondays. In the operating rooms and intensive care units, practical applications and patient follow-up training are provided under the supervision of specialists.
Since 2004, assistant report card application has been started. Residents are subjected to midterm exams twice a year during training.
We participate in domestic and international congresses with oral and poster presentations and have many articles published in domestic and international journals. Developments and innovations related to cardiac anesthesia in the world have been followed and many of them have been applied in our hospital for the first time in our country. Since 2000, Intraoperative Transesophageal Echography has been performed by the specialists of our clinic. Carotid endarterectomy under local anesthesia was first performed in our clinic and is still widely practiced.
PARTICIPATION IN BOARD AND COMMITTEE WORK IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELDS
Accreditation Committee,
Education and Planning Coordination Board,
Scientific Committee
Infection Committee,
Blood Transfusion Commission,
Nutrition Committee,
Revolving Fund Commission,
Tender Commission
Participation in the work of the inspection commission.