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Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (UICM, volume 10)

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Table of contents (89 papers)

Front Matter

Pages I-XX

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Multiple Organ Failure
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Synergetic Order and Chaotic Malfunctions of the Circulatory Systems in Multiple Organ Failure
  
  H. Schmid-Schönbein
  
  Pages 3-21
3. Multiple Organ Failure Syndrome: Patterns and Effect of Current Therapy
  
  F. B. Cerra, F. Negro, S. Eyer
  
  Pages 22-31
4. Selective Gut Decontamination in Ventilated Patients
  
  K. E. Unertl, F.-P. Lenhart, G. Ruckdeschel
  
  Pages 32-39
5. Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): A Systemic Disease?
  
  M. Lamy, G. Deby-Dupont, M. E. Faymonville
  
  Pages 40-49
Sepsis and Septic Shock
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 51-51
  
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2. Foreign Body Infections: From Intravenous Catheters to Hip Prosthesis
  
  M. Herrmann, D. P. Lew
  
  Pages 53-59
3. The Role of Amino Acid Changes in Septic Encephalopathy
  
  C. L. Sprung
  
  Pages 60-68
4. Endotoxins and Gram-negative Septicemia
  
  S. J. H. van Deventer, A. Sturk, J. W. ten Cate
  
  Pages 69-75
5. Human and Canine Septic Shock: Studies of Cardiovascular Abnormality, Mediators, and Therapies
  
  C. Natanson, W. D. Hoffman
  
  Pages 76-86
6. Myocardial Dysfunction in Sepsis
  
  H. J. Silverman
  
  Pages 87-99
7. Manipulation of the Immunoinflammatory Cascade in Sepsis: Facts and Perspectives
  
  J. F. Dhainaut, I. Hamy, B. Schremmer
  
  Pages 100-108
8. Immunotherapy of Gram-negative Septic Shock
  
  J. D. Baumgartner, M. P. Glauser
  
  Pages 109-120
9. Therapy of Septic Shock: New Strategies
  
  R. C. Bone, R. C. Brown
  
  Pages 121-127
Acute Respiratory Failure
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 129-129
  
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2. The Influence of Mixed Venous PO2 on Arterial Oxygenation
  
  D. R. Dantzker
  
  Pages 131-137
3. Determination of Lung-Ventilation and Perfusion by Isotope Technique
  
  G. Hedenstierna, L. Tokics
  
  Pages 138-145
4. Measurement of Alveolar-Capillary Permeability
  
  A. J. Byrne, I. K. Farquhar
  
  Pages 146-157
5. Host Defense Mechanisms in Acute Lung Injury — Smoke Inhalation in Fire Victims
  
  C. G. Gemmell, J. Kinsella, C. J. Clark
  
  Pages 158-165

About this book

This book presents a comprehensive survey in which internationally recognized experts discuss specific topics. The wide spectrum of experimental and clinical investigations include the pathophysiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. Update 1990 represents the series' continuous effort to combine the most recent developments in one reference source for all those involved in cardiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, anesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine.

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

Jean Louis Vincent

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Book Title: Update 1990
Editors: Jean Louis Vincent
Series Title: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84125-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-52269-0Published: 21 March 1990
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-84125-5Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0933-6788
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 875
Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations
Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Pediatrics

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Table of contents (89 papers)

Front Matter

Multiple Organ Failure

Front Matter

Sepsis and Septic Shock

Front Matter

Acute Respiratory Failure

Front Matter

About this book

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

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