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.
Table of Contents
1 Sepsis: A Definition Under Construction
Carmelo Dueñas Castell, Guillermo Ortiz Ruiz, Diana Borre
2 Economic Impact of Infections and Antibiotics
Nelson Alvis-Guzman, Fernando De la Hoz-Restrepo, Hernando Pinzon-Redondo
3 Immunity in Sepsis
Nelson Javier Fonseca-Ruiz4 Biomarkers in Sepsis
Mario Lora Andosilla, Kevin Cantillo García, Diana Borré Naranjo, Melkis Buelvas Villalba, Guillermo Ortiz-Ruiz, Carmelo Dueñas-Castell
5 Diagnostic Imaging in Sepsis of Pulmonary Origin
Jorge Alberto Carrillo Bayona, Liliana Arias Alvarez
6 Multiorgan System Failure in Sepsis
Marco A. Gonzalez, Cristhiaan D. Ochoa
7 Resistance Mechanisms: A Problem and an Approach tO the Solution
Gerson Arias León
8 Interpreted Reading of the Antibiogram, A Tool in the Clinic
al PracticeWilfrido Coronell-Rodríguez, Cindy Arteta-Acosta, Carmelo Dueñas-Castell9 Sepsis Management: Non Antibiotic Treatment of Sepsis and Septic Shock
Manuel Garay Fernández
10 New Strategies for Training High-Performance Teams
Carolina Martínez Esparza, Andrea Martínez de la Vega Celorio, Rodrigo Rubio Martínez
11 Simulation and Sepsis: What is the Best Evidence?
Guillermo Ortiz, José M. Maestre, Demian Szyld, Ignacio Del Moral, Jenny W. Rudolph, Germán Díaz
