Main description:

Discover new, effective strategies to prevent and treat sepsis. In this book, leading medical experts consider how the pathways implicated in early and late sepsis interact. Next, the book describes numerous pharmacological approaches that enable you to provide state-of-the-technology care for patients in both early and late sepsis. You'll also get detailed discussions of how the various physiological systems function under sepsis.

Contents:

Sepsis: Introduction and Epidemiology.- Mechanisms of Innate Immunity in Sepsis.- Metabolic and Endocrine Changes in Sepsis and the Catabolic State.- Hematological and Coagulation Changes in Sepsis.- The Genetics of Sepsis and Inflammation.- Cardiac, Circulatory, and Microvascular Changes in Sepsis and Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome.- Specific Bacterial Infections in the Immunocompetent Patient.- Infection in the Immunocompromised Patient.- Severe Infections in the Returning Traveler.- Antibiotic Prescribing Including Antibiotic Resistance.- Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit.- Randomized Controlled Trials in Sepsis.- Guidelines, Protocols, and the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines: A Critical Appraisal.- Practical Approaches to the Patient with Severe Sepsis: Illustrative Case Histories.