Overview
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Jean-Louis Vincent
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Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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Jean Carlet
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Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Hôpital Saint-Joseph, Paris, France
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Steven M. Opal
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Division of Infectious Diseases, The Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket
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Table of contents (49 chapters)
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Generalities
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- Kenneth Cruz, R. Phillip Dellinger
Pages 11-28
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- Rui Moreno, Ricardo Matos, Teresa Fevereiro
Pages 29-46
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- Heinz Redl, Andreas Spittler, Wolfgang Strohmaier
Pages 47-66
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- Randy S. Wax, Derek C. Angus, William Knaus
Pages 81-96
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Pathophysiology
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- Christopher Papasian, David C. Morrison
Pages 97-115
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- R. Kate Beaton, Jonathan Cohen
Pages 117-134
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- Steven M. Opal, Christian E. Hubert
Pages 135-157
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- Jean-Marc Cavaillon, Minou Adib-Conquy
Pages 159-195
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- Hans-Dieter Volk, Conny Höflich, Gerald Grütz, Wolf-Dietrich Döcke, Petra Reinke
Pages 197-209
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- Simon Jonathan Finney, Timothy W Evans
Pages 211-229
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- Andreas W. Sielenkämper, Pete Kvietys, William J. Sibbald
Pages 247-270
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Monitoring Systems
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- Egbert Huettemann, Samir G. Sakka, Konrad Reinhart
Pages 285-307
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- Thierry Boulain, Jean-Louis Teboul
Pages 309-321
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- Vincent Castelain, Jean-Louis Teboul
Pages 339-352
About this book
This textbook is written at the dawn of a new era in the management of sepsis. Recent achievements in the clinical management of septic shock are the culmination of decades of basic and applied research by innovative researchers and clinical investigators worldwide. The contributing authors to this book have spearheaded much of this research and the Editors have endeavored to create a textbook that is comprehensive in nature while maintaining a specific focus upon the multitude of work that constitutes the spectrum of sepsis research including: pathophysiology; monitoring systems; general support; microbial aspects; complications; and anti-sepsis therapies.
Reviews
"The goald of the editors of The Sepsis Text was to provide a comprehensive review of recent achievements in the management of sepsis, based on basic and applied research performed in recent years by innovative scientists and clinical investigators worldwide ... excellent chapter on coagulation ...The editors and contributing authors should be congratulated for their excellent reviews of recent progress in our understanding of sepsis and in its management. The Sepsis Text clearly conveys their enthusiasm and provides encouragement to all those working in the field."
(Greet Van den Berghe, Catholic University of Leuven in The New England Journal of Medicine, 347:15 (2002)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Jean-Louis Vincent
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Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Hôpital Saint-Joseph, Paris, France
Jean Carlet
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Division of Infectious Diseases, The Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket
Steven M. Opal