| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages) |
| Contents |
Infections in the Adult Intensive Care Unit; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Basic Microbiology and Infection; Introduction; Microbial Normal Flora and Its Importance; Microbial Pathogenesis; Acquisition and Spread of Infection; References; Chapter 2: The Physiology of Sepsis and Its Implications; Introduction; Pathophysiology; Nitric Oxide; Vasopressin; Endothelial Cells; Tissue Factor; Lactate; Organ Specific Effects; The Heart; The Lung; The Kidney; Splanchnic Organs; Central Nervous System; Management of Sepsis; General Measures |
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Respiratory ManagementCardiovascular Management; Protein C; Steroids; Glycaemic Control; Healthcare Bundles; References; Chapter 3: Principles of Infection Prevention and Control; Overview; Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions; Standard Precautions; Hand Hygiene; Protective Clothing; Safe Disposal of Sharps/Waste and Laundry; Environmental Decontamination; Decontamination of Patient Equipment; Patient Isolation or Cohorting; Transmission-Based Precautions; Airborne Precautions; Droplet Precautions; Contact Precautions; Facility Design and Physical Resources |
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Protection of the Healthcare Worker and Occupational HealthAntibiotic Stewardship; Specific Organisms; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE); Clostridium difficile; Multi-drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; Multi-drug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Preventing Specific Infections; Urinary Tract Infection; Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection; Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia; References; Chapter 4: Microbiology Laboratory Diagnosis of Infection; Diagnosis of Infection: Approach and Samples; Microscopy; Culture; Antigen/Antibody Detection |
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Molecular and Other Non-culture TechniquesAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; References; Chapter 5: Principles of Treatment: Decision Making; Antibiotic Decision-Making; Diagnosing Sepsis; Clinical Features; Inflammatory Markers; Rapid Microbiology Diagnostics; Benefit and Harms of Empirical Antibiotic Treatment; Choosing the Correct Antibiotic; Pathogen Distribution; Pharmacokinetic Considerations; Promoting Antibiotic Resistance; Potential Adverse Events; Severity of Illness and the De-Escalation Strategy; Antibiotic Decision Making; Beta-Lactam-Aminoglycoside Combination Treatment |
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Continuous Versus Bolus Antibiotic AdministrationAntibiotic Dosing; Antibiotic Drug Level Monitoring; Duration of Antibiotic Treatment; Antibiotic and Antifungal Prophylaxis; Selective Digestive Decontamination; Prophylaxis and Empirical Therapy for Candidemia; New Antimicrobials; Gram-Positive Infections; New Cephalosporins; Lipoglycopeptides; Lipopeptide (Daptomycin); Linezolid; Quinupristin-Dalfopristin; Summary of New Antibiotics against Gram-positive Infections; Gram-Negative Infections; Doripenem; Glycyclines (Tigecycline); Colistin; Antifungals; Azoles; Echinocandins; References |
| Summary |
The book will provide some basic aspects of the pathophysiology of infection, but essentially the book will be practical-based and use case-illustrations to highlight key aspects of diagnosis, management and prevention. Through a combination of text, tables, figures/line drawings, clinical illustrations and other illustrations, it is hoped to provide a comprehensive, interesting and stimulating approach to this important subject. Guidance on the appropriate use of laboratory investigations, as well as radiology, together with templates to use for deciding on the optimal choice of anti-infectiv |
| Notes |
Chapter 6: Lower Respiratory Tract Infections |
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Print version record |
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Infection -- Complications
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Infection -- Treatment
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Critical care medicine.
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Community-acquired infections.
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Intensive care units.
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Adulthood.
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Cross Infection
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Community-Acquired Infections
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Anti-Infective Agents -- therapeutic use
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Intensive Care Units
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Adult
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Critical Care
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intensive care units.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Intensive care units
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Community-acquired infections
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Adulthood
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Critical care medicine
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Infection -- Complications
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Infection -- Treatment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Winter, Bob
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Paul, Mical
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| ISBN |
9781447143185 |
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1447143183 |
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