Sepsis and multiorgan failure

Author(s)

• Fein, Alan

Bibliographic Information

Sepsis and multiorgan failure

edited by Alan M. Fein ... [et al.]

Williams & Wilkins, c1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This reference provides guidelines for management of infections in critically ill patients. It provides disease mechanisms of sepsis as well as clinical diagnosis, treatment and management, and the authors also explain the proper guidelines for assessment and treatment protocols in the ICU. They have designed this resource specifically to handle the common infectious problems. Included are evolving concepts from multiple pertinent disciplines such as: basic microbiology, outcome measures, pharmacology and epidemiology statistics.

Table of Contents

• Epidemiology and microbiology
• molecular and biochemical mechanisms
• tissue and organ response to sepsis
• diagnosis and prognosis
• surgical aspects of sepsis
• therapeutic approach
• new frontiers in sepsis.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA33521691
• ISBN:
  • 0683030973
• LCCN: 96040538
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md., USA
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 675 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RB150.M84
  • NLM : WC 195
  • DC21 : 616.07
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Multiple organ failure -- Pathogenesis
  • LCSH : Septicemia -- Complications
  • MESH : Sepsis -- complications
  • MESH : Multiple Organ Failure