Full Description
The new edition of this volume features a concise yet comprehensive review of sepsis. In addition to thoroughly revised chapters from the previous edition that covers the latest in diagnostics, therapeutics, and antimicrobials, the third edition features new chapters on the economic impact of infections and antibiotics, multi-organ failure in sepsis, and current strategies for training high-performance teams.
Written by an international group of experts in the field, Sepsis, Third Edition is a valuable resource that provides the most practical information for clinicians and practitioners who treat this complication in the ICU.
Contents
Sepsis: A Definition Under Construction.- Economic Impact of Infections and Antibiotics.- Immunity in Sepsis.- Biomarkers in Sepsis.- Diagnostic Imaging in Sepsis of Pulmonary Origin.- Multiorgan System Failure in Sepsis.- Resistance Mechanisms: A Problem and an Approach tO the Solution.- Interpreted Reading of the Antibiogram, A Tool in the Clinical Practice.- Sepsis Management: Non Antibiotic Treatment of Sepsis and Septic Shock.- New Strategies for Training High-Performance Teams.- Simulation and Sepsis: What is the Best Evidence?.
