Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of troubleshooting tips
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A systematic approach to caring for the seriously ill
- 2 Organisation of an intensive care unit
- 3 Routine care of the seriously ill
- 4 Fluid therapy and electrolytes
- 5 Nutrition and metabolism
- 6 Acid–base balance
- 7 Sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxants
- 8 Shock and anaphylaxis
- 9 Multiorgan failure
- 10 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 11 Body temperature disorders
- 12 Transport of the seriously ill
- 13 Infection
- 14 Trauma
- 15 Poisoning
- 16 Acute respiratory failure
- 17 Interpretation of the portable chest film
- 18 Specific respiratory problems
- 19 Ventilatory techniques
- 20 Cardiorespiratory monitoring
- 21 Acute cardiovascular failure
- 22 Specific cardiovascular problems
- 23 Acute intracranial disasters
- 24 Specific intracranial problems
- 25 Critical care neurology
- 26 Acute renal failure
- 27 Critical care gastroenterology
- 28 Critical care haematology
- 29 Critical care endocrinology
- 30 Obstetric emergencies
- 31 Economics, outcome and ethics in intensive care
- Appendices
- Index
- References
13 - Infection
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of troubleshooting tips
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A systematic approach to caring for the seriously ill
- 2 Organisation of an intensive care unit
- 3 Routine care of the seriously ill
- 4 Fluid therapy and electrolytes
- 5 Nutrition and metabolism
- 6 Acid–base balance
- 7 Sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxants
- 8 Shock and anaphylaxis
- 9 Multiorgan failure
- 10 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 11 Body temperature disorders
- 12 Transport of the seriously ill
- 13 Infection
- 14 Trauma
- 15 Poisoning
- 16 Acute respiratory failure
- 17 Interpretation of the portable chest film
- 18 Specific respiratory problems
- 19 Ventilatory techniques
- 20 Cardiorespiratory monitoring
- 21 Acute cardiovascular failure
- 22 Specific cardiovascular problems
- 23 Acute intracranial disasters
- 24 Specific intracranial problems
- 25 Critical care neurology
- 26 Acute renal failure
- 27 Critical care gastroenterology
- 28 Critical care haematology
- 29 Critical care endocrinology
- 30 Obstetric emergencies
- 31 Economics, outcome and ethics in intensive care
- Appendices
- Index
- References
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Pathophysiologic basis of sepsis. Consideration for future strategies of intervention. Critical Care Medicine 28 (2000): S4–S8Google Scholar
and The inflammatory balance in human sepsis. Intensive Care Medicine 26 (2000): 364–75Google Scholar
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, , et al for the PROWESS Study Group. Efficacy and Safety of recombinant human activated protein C for severe sepsis. New England Journal of Medicine 344 (2001): 699–709Google Scholar
, and Sepsis: A new hypothesis for pathogenesis of the disease process. Chest 112 (1997): 235–43Google Scholar
, , and Effect of norepinephrine on the outcome of septic shock. Critical Care Medicine 28 (2000): 2758–65Google Scholar
and Clinical Gram-positive sepsis: Does it fundamentally differ from Gram-negative bacterial sepsis?Critical Care Medicine 27 (1999): 1608–16Google Scholar
and Choice of catecholamine: does it matter?Current Opinion in Critical Care 6 (2000): 347–53Google Scholar
and Treating patients with severe sepsis. New England Journal of Medicine 340 (1999): 207–14Google Scholar
, and Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in critically ill patients. Intensive Care Medicine 25 (1999): 1323–6Google Scholar
, , and Use of 'biotics in patients receiving intensive care. Clinical Intensive Care 9 (1998): 25–35Google Scholar
Polymerase chain reaction: a new chapter in critical care diagnosis. Critical Care Medicine 27 (1999): 860–1Google Scholar
, and Laparotomy for abdominal sepsis in the critically ill. British Journal of Surgery 83 (1996): 535–9Google Scholar
, , , , and Diagnosis of intra-abdominal infection in the critically ill patient. Current Opinion in Critical Care 7 (2001): 117–21Google Scholar
, , et al.Conservative surgical treatment of diffuse peritonitis. Surgery 127 (2000): 178–84Google Scholar
and Bioterrorism on the home front. A new challenge for American medicine. Journal of the American Medical Association 286 (2001): 2595–7Google Scholar
, , , , and The importance of bacterial sepsis in intensive care unit patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Implications for future care in the age of increasing antiretroviral resistance. Critical Care Medicine 29 (2001): 548–56Google Scholar
, , , and Conservative surgical treatment of diffuse peritonitis. Surgery 127 (2000): 178–84Google Scholar
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