Infectious diseases in critical care medicine

Author(s)

• Cunha, Burke A.

Bibliographic Information

Infectious diseases in critical care medicine

edited by Burke A. Cunha

（Infectious disease and therapy series, v. 22）

M. Dekker, c1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This invaluable clinical guide offers the only reference on infectious diseases encountered in intensive care patients-discussing infectious disease problems in the critical care unit and therapy. No other book describes in practical terms the mimics of infection and how to differentiate colonization from infection! Written by internationally renowned experts, Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine differentiates between sepsis and conditions that can imitate sepsis highlights key diagnostic findings in all major infectious disease problems in critical care includes practical infection control measures provides easy to use recommendations on empiric antibiotic therapy furnishes a simple, effective method of adjusting drug doses in patients with abnormal hepatic and kidney function presents strategies for controlling resistance in critical care With over 2500 bibliographic citations and more than 200 tables, drawings, photographs, micrographs, and x-rays, Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine is an indispensable resource for infectious disease specialists; intensive and critical care physicians; pulmonologists; primary care physicians; internists; hospitalists; medical house officers; and pulmonary, critical care, and infectious disease fellows.

Table of Contents

General Concepts Fever in the Critical Care Unit, Burke A. Cunha Colonization vs. Infection in the Critical Care Unit, Gary A. Bergen and John F. Toney Outbreak Investigation in the Intensive Care Unit, Brian W. Cooper Sepsis Syndrome, John C. Rodrigues and Alan M. Fein Noninfectious Mimics of Sepsis, Burke A. Cunha Physical Diagnostic Signs in Critical Care Medicine, Tariq Kamal Malik with Claudine Brod-Miller, Andrew S. Dunn, Laurie Edelman, Ellen Feit, Murray Orbuch, Satish Reddy, Steven Reichert, and Farooq Ahmad Padder Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases in the Critical Care Setting, Narinder K. Midha and Charles W. Stratton Clinical Syndromes Meningitis, Bassam Hasan and Leon G. Smith Encephalitis, Pradhib Venkatesan and Martin J. Wood Mimics of Central Nervous System Infections, Steven E. Carsons and Elise Belilos Postneurosurgical Infections, Thomas J. Leipzig and Pierce Gardner Severe Head and Neck Infections, Vinod K. Dhawan and Thomas T. Yoshikawa Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Burke A. Cunha Nosocomial Pneumonia, Jean Chastre, Jean-Louis Trouillet, and Jean-Yves Fagon Roentgenographic Mimics of Infectious Pneumonia in the Critically Ill, Michael J. Papamichael, Paul J. Avvocato, and Robert D. Brandstetter Lung Abscess, Ashok M. Karnik and Faroque A. Khan Pleural Empyema, Patricia Munoz and Emilio Bouza Acute Myocarditis and Acute Pericarditis, Jason M. Lazar, Diane H. Johnson, and Burke A. Cunha Mediastinitis After Open Heart Surgery, Emilio Bouza, Ana Menasalvas, and Patricia Munoz Infective Endocarditis in Critical Care, John L. Brusch Mimics of Endocarditis, Gary Rosenblum and Steven E. Carsons Central Intravascular Line Infections, M. Vanessa Gill and Burke A. Cunha Intra-Abdominal Surgical Infections, Jeffrey P. Salomone and Ronald Lee Nichols Mimics of Intra-Abdominal Infections, Joseph A.Vetrano Nosocomial Diarrheas, Burke A. Cunha Urosepsis, Burke A. Cunha Severe Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections, David R. Stone and Sherwood L. Gorbach Special Problem Areas Fever and Rash, Michael K. Hill and Charles V. Sanders Life-Threatening Infections in Returning Travelers, David R. Tribble and Kenneth F. Wagner Infections in Febrile Neutropenia, Helen Giamarellou Infections in the AIDS Patient, Larry I. Lutwick, Ahmet H. Lavkan, and Dennis M. Greenbaum Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Joseph Tripodi, Philip Spadafora, and David Bernstein Acute Renal Failure, David Schlossberg Infected Multiple-System Trauma Patient, Donald E. Fry Neutrophil Dysfunction in Burn and Other Trauma Patients, Gail W. Sullivan and Gerald L. Mandell Therapeutic Considerations Antibiotic Usage in the Intensive Care Unit, Richard Quintiliani, Charles H. Nightingale, Helen M. Crowe, and Neil S. Yeston Antibiotic Kinetics in Fever, Arif Rashid Sarwari and Philip A. Mackowiak Selection of Antibiotics in the Critical Care Unit That Minimize Endotoxin Release, Jan M. Prins Antibiotic Resistance Problems in Intensive Care Units, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Jean Carlet, and Jacques Acar Effects of Hepatic Dysfunction on Antimicrobial Agents, Rebecca J. Millan, Suzanne J. Tschida, and Darwin E. Zaske Drug Use in the Critically Ill Patient with Renal Dysfunction: Application of the DREM System, David S. McKindley and Eufronio G. Maderazo Antibiotic Therapy in Penicillin-Allergic Patients, Charles S. Bryan Antibiotic Side Effects, Richard B. Brown

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA52265668
• ISBN:
  • 0824701143
• LCCN: 98007036
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 848 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC112
  • NLM : WC 100 I4165 1998
  • DC21 : 616.9/0475
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Nosocomial infections
  • LCSH : Critical care medicine
  • LCSH : Intensive care units
  • MESH : Communicable Diseasesd -- diagnosis
  • MESH : Diagnosis, Differential
  • MESH : Intensive Care
  • MESH : Intensive Care Units
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA04853836