Sepsis

Sepsis (or septic shock) is one of the leading post-surgical or post-traumatic complications in today's hospitals. This pervasive condition is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units worldwide, as well as the leading cause of death in non-coronary patients. This is a concise, practical soft cover volume devoted to covering only the most practical information for physicians. Charts, tables, and other figures are used to illustrate easy-to-follow treatment guidelines for those professionals who regularly treat patients in the ICU. Sepsis (or Septic Shock) Is One Of The Leading Post-surgical Or Post-traumatic Complications In Today's Hospitals. This Pervasive Condition Is The Major Cause Of Morbidity And Mortality In Intensive Care Units Worldwide, As Well As The Leading Cause Of Death In Non-coronary Patients. This Is A Concise, Practical Volume Devoted To Covering Only The Most Practical Information For Physicians. Charts, Tables, And Other Figures Are Used To Illustrate Easy-to-follow Treatment Guidelines For Those Professionals Who Regularly Treat Patients In The Icu. When To Transfuse Septic Patients / Carmelo Dueñas Castell -- Sepsis Occurrence And Its Prognosis In Latin America / Fabián Jaimes, Rodolfo J. Dennis -- Novel Therapies In Critically Ill Septic Patients / Jean-louis Vincent, Carla Marie Clausi, Alejandro Bruhn -- Dissemination Control Of The Antimicrobial Resistance In The Intensive Care Unit / Carlos Arturo Alvarez, Jorge Alberto Cortés -- Diaphragmatic Dysfunction In Intensive Care / Guillermo Ortiz-ruiz -- Myocardial Depression In Sepsis And Septic Shock / Justin Wong, Anand Kumar -- Toward A Consensus On Intraabdominal Hypertension / Manu Lng Malbrain ... [et Al.] -- Resuscitation Goals In Severe Sepsis And Septic Shock / Fernando Pálizas -- Coagulation Disorders In Critically Ill Septic Patients / Marcela Granados -- Vasopressors In Sepsis : Do They Change The Outcome? / Marco A. González, Christhiaan D. Ochoa -- Lactic Acidosis In Critically Ill Septic Patients / Daniel De Backer -- Delirium In Septic Patients : An Unrecognized Vital Organ Dysfunction / Timothy D. Girard, E. Wesley Ely. Guillermo Ortiz-ruiz ... [et Al.], Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. When to Transfuse Septic Patients....Pages 1-10 Sepsis Occurrence and Its Prognosis in Latin America....Pages 11-24 Novel Therapies in Critically Ill Septic Patients....Pages 25-32 Dissemination Control of the Antimicrobial Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 33-46 Diaphragmatic Dysfunction in Intensive Care....Pages 47-54 Myocardial Depression in Sepsis and Septic Shock....Pages 55-73 Toward a Consensus on Intraabdominal Hypertension....Pages 74-91 Resuscitation Goals in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock....Pages 92-102 Coagulation Disorders in Critically Ill Septic Patients....Pages 103-120 Vasopressors in Sepsis: Do They Change the Outcome?....Pages 121-125 Lactic Acidosis in Critically Ill Septic Patients....Pages 126-135 Delirium in Septic Patients: An Unrecognized Vital Organ Dysfunction....Pages 136-150