Sepsis /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York, NY : Springer, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 162 p.) : ill.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8877814
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Other authors / contributors:Ortiz-Ruiz, Guillermo.
ISBN:9780387345741
0387345744
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:Sepsis (or septic shock) is one of the leading post-surgical or post-traumatic complications in hospitals. This volume covers 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.
Other form:Print version: Sepsis. 2nd ed. New York, NY : Springer, 2006 0387298169 9780387298160
Table of Contents:
  • When to Transfuse Septic Patients / Carmelo dueñas Castell
  • Sepsis Occurrence and Its Prognosis in Latin America / Fabián Jaimes and Rodolfo J. Dennis
  • Novel Therapies in Critically Ill Septic Patients / Jean-Louis Vincent, Carla Marie Clausi, and Alejandro Bruhn
  • Dissemination Control of the Antimicrobial Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit / Carlos Arturo Alvarez and Jorge Alberto Cortés
  • Diaphragmatic Dysfunction in Intensive Care / Guillermo Ortiz-Ruiz
  • Myocardial Depression in Sepsis and Septic Shock / Justin Wong and Anand Kumar
  • Toward a Consensus on Intraabdominal Hypertension / Manu LNG Malbrain, Michael Sugrue, Michael Cheatham, and Rao Ivatury
  • Resuscitation Goals in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock / Fernando Pálizas
  • Coagulation Disorders in Critically Ill Septic Patients / Marcela Granados
  • Vasopressors in Sepsis: Do They Change the Outcome? / Marco A. González and Christhiaan D. Ochoa
  • Lactic Acidosis in Critically Ill Septic Patients / Daniel De Backer
  • Delirium in Septic Patients: An Unrecognized Vital Organ Dysfunction / Timothy D. Girard and E. Wesley Ely.