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Mediators of Sepsis

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Maurice Lamy

    1. Department of Anesthesiology, Centre Hospitalier, Universitaire de Liège, Liège, Belgium

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  2. Lambert G. Thijs

    1. Department of Intensive Care, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (UICM, volume 16)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Mediators and Pathophysiology of Sepsis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure: Consensus and Controversy

      • R. C. Bone
      Pages 3-12

    3. Endotoxin Administration to Humans: A Model of Inflammatory Responses Relevant to Sepsis

      • A. F. Suffredini
      Pages 13-30

    4. Mediators of Lung Injury Following Ischemia and Reperfusion

      • J. Hill, T. F. Lindsay, H. B. Hechtman
      Pages 31-50

    5. Cytokines in Shock: 1992

      • B. Beutler
      Pages 51-67

    6. TNFα and Soluble TNF Receptors in Meningococcemia

      • E. Girardin
      Pages 68-77

    7. Role of the Complement Cascade in Severe Sepsis

      • L. G. Thijs, C. E. Hack
      Pages 78-98

    8. The Role of the Kallikrein-Kinin System in Septic Shock

      • R. W. Colman
      Pages 99-112

    9. The Procoagulant State in Sepsis: Experimental Models and New Modalities for Intervention

      • B. J. Biemond, M. Levi, S. J. H. van Deventer
      Pages 113-123

    10. Leukocyte-Endothelial Interactions in Trauma and Sepsis

      • H. Redl, G. Schlag, I. Marzi
      Pages 124-135

    11. Oxyradical Pathogenesis in Sepsis

      • J. J. Zimmerman
      Pages 136-151

    12. PAF, Cytokines and Cell to Cell Interactions in Shock and Sepsis

      • D. Hosford, M. Koltai, P. Braquet
      Pages 152-173

    13. Nitric Oxide as a Mediator of the Vascular Derangements of Sepsis and Endotoxemia

      • J. R. Parratt, J. C. Stoclet
      Pages 174-189

    14. Endogenous Opioids and Opioid Antagonists in Endotoxic and Septic Shock: A Current Perspective

      • J. W. Holaday, N. J. Gurll
      Pages 190-195

    15. Role of Neural Stimuli and Pain

      • H. Kehlet
      Pages 196-205

    16. Sepsis and Strenuous Exercise: Common Inflammatory Factors

      • G. Camus, J. Pincemail, M. Lamy
      Pages 206-219

    17. The Gut-Liver Axis in Multiple Organ Failure

      • J. C. Marshall
      Pages 220-237

    18. Secondary Hepatic Dysfunction: Clinical Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Current Therapeutic Approaches

      • S. Migliori, F. B. Cerra
      Pages 238-254

    19. Cardiac Effects of the Mediators of Sepsis

      • J. L. Vincent, G. Berlot
      Pages 255-266
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This volume contains contributions by well-known scientists and clinicians in the fields of microbiology, infectious diseases, physiology, internal medicine, surgery, anaesthesiology, and intensive care medicine. It provides an up-to-date overview of the mediators and pathophysology of sepsis and septic shock as well as the latest therapeutic approaches.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Centre Hospitalier, Universitaire de Liège, Liège, Belgium

    Maurice Lamy

  • Department of Intensive Care, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Lambert G. Thijs

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