Intensive Care Infections : A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management in Adult Patients

by Humphreys, Willatts & Vincent

• ISBN13: 9780702022425
• ISBN10: 070202242X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-07
• Publisher: Saunders Ltd.

Summary

Here's a practical, hands-on guide to the care of patients with infections in the intensive care unit. Conveniently organized by body system, it provides effective management advice for the complete range of commonly encountered infections. Key management options are concisely summarized at the end of each chapter for quick reference.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
1 General Background
Pathogenesis of Infection in the Intensive Care Unit	3	(15)
Epidemiology of Infection	18	(9)
Control of Infection	27	(10)
Diagnosis of Infection	37	(15)
General Aspects of Management of Infection	52	(15)
Therapeutic Interventions in Septic Shock	67	(20)
2 System-Based Infection
Respiratory Infections	87	(17)
Systemic Infections	104	(26)
Abdominal Infections	130	(18)
Multiple Trauma and Soft Tissue Infections	148	(23)
Central Nervous System Infections	171	(22)
Infection in Immunosuppressed Patients	193	(14)
Infections of the Cardiovascular System	207	(12)
Index	219