Sepsis

by Ortiz-Ruiz, Guillermo, M.D.; Perafan, Marco A., M.D.; Faist, Eugen, M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780387298160
• ISBN10: 0387298169
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Sepsis (or septic shock) is one of the leading post-surgical or post-traumatic complications in today's hospitals. This pervasive condition is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units worldwide, as well as the leading cause of death in non-coronary patients. This is a concise, practical soft cover volume devoted to covering only the most practical information for physicians. Charts, tables, and other figures are used to illustrate easy-to-follow treatment guidelines for those professionals who regularly treat patients in the ICU.

Author Biography

Guillermo Ortiz-Ruiz, MD, Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Universidad del Bosque; Chief, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Santa Clara, Bogota, Colombia Marco A. Perafan, MD, Professor of Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine; Chief, Intensive Care Unit, Fundacion Clinica Shaio, Bogota, Colombia Eugen Faist, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany Carmelo Duenas Castell, MD, Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chief, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Bocagrande, Cartagena, Colombia

Table of Contents

When to Transfuse Septic Patients	1	(10)
Carmelo Duenas Castell
Sepsis Occurrence and Its Prognosis in Latin America	11	(14)
Fabian Jaimes
Rodolfo J. Dennis
Novel Therapies in Critically III Septic Patients	25	(8)
Jean-Louis Vincent
Carla Marie Clausi
Alejandro Bruhn
Dissemination Control of the Antimicrobial Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit	33	(14)
Carlos Arturo Alvarez
Jorge Alberto Cortes
Diaphragmatic Dysfunction in Intensive Care	47	(8)
Guillermo Ortiz-Ruiz
Myocardial Depression in Sepsis and Septic Shock	55	(19)
Justin Wong
Anand Kumar
Toward a Consensus on Intraabdominal Hypertension	74	(18)
Manu LNG Malbrain
Michael Sugrue
Michael Cheatham
Rao Ivatury
Resuscitation Goals in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock	92	(11)
Fernando Palizas
Coagulation Disorders in Critically III Septic Patients	103	(18)
Marcela Granados
Vasopressors in Sepsis: Do They Change the Outcome?	121	(5)
Marco A. Gonzalez
Christhiaan D. Ochoa
Lactic Acidosis in Critically III Septic Patients	126	(10)
Daniel De Backer
Delirium in Septic Patients: An Unrecognized Vital Organ Dysfunction	136	(15)
Timothy D. Girard
E. Wesley Ely
Index	151