Title | Critical Care Infectious Diseases Textbook [electronic resource] / edited by Jordi Rello, Jordi Valles, Marin H. Kollef |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1679-8 |
Descript | IX, 932 p. online resource |
Section 1: General Aspects -- 1. Opportunistic Infections: An Overview -- 2. Pathogenesis and Differential Diagnosis of Fever and Approach to the Febrile Patient in the Intensive Care Unit -- 3. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Infection -- 4. Fungal Infections -- 5. Infections in Critically I11 Solid Organ Transplant Recipients -- 6. Infections in the Neurosurgical Patient -- 7. Cardiovascular Monitoring of the Septic Patient -- 8. Role of Invasive Devices in the Pathogenesis of Nosocomial Pneumonia -- 9. AIDS in the Intensive Care Unit -- Section 2: Use of Anti-Infective Therapy in Critically III Patients -- 10. Antifungal Therapy in the ICU -- 11. Immunomodulation in Sepsis -- 12. Using Information Systems Technology to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing -- 13. Use of Antibiotics in Pregnant Patients in the ICU -- 14. Pharmacokinetics of Antibiotics in Seriously Infectious Patients -- 15. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in the Intensive Care Unit -- 16. Prescription of Antimicrobial Agents in Patients Undergoing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy -- Section 3: Infection Control/Epidemiology -- 17. Fundamentals of Infection Control and Surveillance Strategies for the ICU -- 18. Isolation and Handwashing -- 19. Sterilization and Disinfection in the ICU -- 20. Antibiotic Resistance in the ICU -- 21. Epidemic Infections in the ICU: Multiresistant Microorganisms -- 22. Challenges in Outbreak Investigations in Intensive Care Units -- Section 4: Infectious Diseases Emergencies -- 23. Septic Shock -- 24. Acute Bacterial Meningitis -- 25. Acute Infective Endocarditis -- 26. Falciparum Malaria -- 27. Toxic Shock Syndromes -- 28. Meningococcemia -- 29. Brain Abscess -- 30. Encephalitis -- Section 5: Bloodstream Infections -- 31. Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection in the ICU -- 32. Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Infections -- 33. Infection of Pulmonary Arterial Catheter and Peripheral Arterial Catheter -- 34. Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in Total Parenteral Nutrition -- 35. Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections -- Section 6: Respiratory Infections -- 36. Tracheobronchitis in the ICU -- 37. Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia -- 38. Severe Legionellosis -- 39. Adjunctive and Supportive Measures for Community-Acquired Pneumonia -- 40. Therapy of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit -- 41. Respiratory Infection in Immunocompromised Neutropenic Patients -- 42. Respiratory Infections in Immunocompromised Non-Neutropenic Patients -- 43. Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia -- Section 7: Infections of the Digestive, Urinary Tract and Pelvis -- 44. Antibiotic Induced Diarrhea -- 45. Urinary Tract Infections -- 46. Pancreatic Infection -- 47. Biliary Tract Infections -- 48. Sepsis in Obstetrics -- 49. Peritonitis -- Section 8: Infections with Surgical Implications -- 50. Surgical Site Infection Control in the Critical Care Environment -- 51. Severe Soft Tissue Infections: A Syndrome-Based Approach -- 52. Infections in Burn Patients -- 53. Infectious Diseases in Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis -- 54. Vascular Graft Infections -- 55. Acute Mediastinitis