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  • © 1987

Update 1987

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (UICM, volume 3)

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Table of contents (63 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
  2. Metabolic Crisis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Parenteral Nutrition: When and How?

      • S. M. Willatts
      Pages 40-48
    3. Parenteral Nutrition: Practical Aspects

      • R. G. Clark
      Pages 49-52
  3. Infectious Crisis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Role of Complement Activation in Human Sepsis and Septic Shock

      • L. G. Thijs, J. H. Nuyens, C. E. Hack
      Pages 55-62
    3. Nosocomial Staphylococcal Infections

      • F. Beaufils, J. F. Hartmann, E. Bingen
      Pages 63-70
    4. Surgery in Infective Endocarditis

      • J. P. Thys, F. Jacobs, S. Motte
      Pages 71-76
    5. Corticosteroids in the Sepsis Syndrome

      • C. L. Sprung, R. M. H. Schein
      Pages 86-92
  4. Pulmonary Edema — ARDS

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Formation and Clearance of Pulmonary Edema

      • M. A. Matthay
      Pages 95-108
    3. Lung Injury and Prospects for Therapy

      • R. C. Bone, R. C. Brown
      Pages 109-122
    4. The Role of Prostaglandins in ARDS

      • G. J. Slotman
      Pages 135-140
    5. Chromogenic Peptide Substrate Assays

      • A. O. Aasen
      Pages 141-147

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean Louis Vincent

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