Main description:

COVID-19 Viral Sepsis: Impact on Disparities, Disability, and Health Outcomes introduces the concepts of viral sepsis, its origins, and its implications. COVID-19 is a leading cause of viral sepsis with considerable impact on morbidity and mortality. Early recognition of signs and symptoms of COVID-19 can potentially impact patient outcomes. The book opens with an introduction and overview of sepsis, its clinical manifestations, prevention, and management. It goes on to discuss viral sepsis and sepsis caused by COVID-19. COVID-19, its diagnosis, management, sequelae, long-term consequences, challenges, and opportunities round out the coverage.

Users will find valuable key principles related to the recognition, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sepsis due to COVID-19.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Sepsis
What is Sepsis
Clinical Manifestations of Sepsis
Prevention of Sepsis
Management of Sepsis
2. Viral Sepsis
What is Viral Sepsis
COVID-19 as a Cause of Viral Sepsis
3. COVID-19: Introduction
4. COVID-19: Epidemiology
5. COVID-19: Diagnosis
6. COVID-19: Management
7. COVID-19: Sequelae and Long-Term Consequences
8. COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities: Disparities in Care; racial, cultural, Solutions for resource-poor vs. resource-rich communities.
9. COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities: Secondary Infections (to include bacterial and fungal)
10. COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities: Vaccines
11. COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities: Disability
12. COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities: Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV2
* AU: We will be addressing viral sepsis into each of the chapters which addresses COVID-19 (preliminary chapters 3-12)