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Part of the book series: Competency-Based Critical Care (CBCC)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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About this book
Sepsis is a serious medical condition, resulting from the immune response to a severe infection. Septicaemia is sepsis of the bloodstream caused by bactemeria, which is the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream. The term septecaemia is also used to refer to sepsis in general. In the US, sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-coronary ICU patients, and the tenth most common form of death overall. Sepsis is common and also more dangerous in the elderly, immunocompromised, and critically ill patients. It occurs in 1-2% of all hospitilizations and accounts for as much as 25% of all ICU bed utilization. It is a major cause of death in intensive care units worldwide, with mortality rates that range from 20% for sepsis to 40% for severe sepsis to more than 60% for septic shock. The book brings together a group of experts to consider how the various pathways implicated in early and late sepsis interact. It addresses the frequent, but under-recognised condition of sepsis and discusses new ways to prevent and treat it. It describes numerous pharmocological approaches to therapy for early and late sepsis. It includes detailed discussion of the various physiological systems implicated in sepsis. This is an invaluable resource for all critical care physicians and researchers. It is also informative reading for immunologists, endocrinologists, neuroendocrinologists, phsysiologists and pharmacologists
Drawing on multi-professional editors and authors brings in the variety of perspectives and knowledge seen within the critical care team to produce a text that is both inclusive of and targeted to the individual needs of its intended audience. The nature of the material, written and edited by experienced practitioners in the field will provide an invaluable source of reference and training material for specialists and those already trained in their field.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This brief, multiauthored monograph reviews the recent thinking on a variety of infectious disease issues. … Practitioners seeking an update on infectious diseases as related to critical illness are an appropriate audience for this work which comes from a variety of contributors in the United Kingdom. … Tables and multicolored type allow ready identification of key content. Photographs are used occasionally and reproduce well. Line drawings are used effectively. … The book covers a wide ranging set of topics." (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sepsis
Editors: Simon V. Baudouin
Series Title: Competency-Based Critical Care
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-939-2
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-938-5Published: 19 November 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-939-2Published: 02 June 2009
Series ISSN: 1864-9998
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3383
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 103
Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations
Topics: Infectious Diseases, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Anatomy, Dermatology, Pneumology/Respiratory System