Infections in the Intensive Care Unit, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

This issue covers the full gamut of infectious disease issues encountered in the ICU, including the approach to the febrile patient, management of septic shock, severe community-acquired pneumonia, management of ventilator-associated pneumonia, approach to the immunocompromised host, bloodstream infection, severe soft tissue infections, management of intra-abdominal sepsis, meningitis and brain abscess, treatment of fungal infections, acute infective endocarditis, new antimicrobial agents, antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, and C. difficile infection.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Martin H. Kollef, Marin Kollef, Marin H. Kollef, Marin H. Kollef, Scott T. Micek, Micek Scott T.
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9781437712315
• ISBN: 978-1-4377-1231-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 17 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 560 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Critical Care, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital-acquired infections, Hospital infections