Sepsis and Organ Dysfunction: ...from Chaos to Rationale ...

✍ Scribed by A. E. Baue (auth.), A. E. Baue M.D., G. Berlot M.D., A. Gullo M.D., J.-L. Vincent M.D. (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Mailand
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 210
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Even if in the last years more information on sepsis and new treatments has become available, mortality rate is however high. In fact, the complexity of the several biohumoral factors involved in this process is difficult to understand. Another major problem is the consequent organ failure, which grows in a sequential way and in relation with the lesion gravity and the functional reserves of the patient. The volume presents the most recent results of research in this field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Sepsis and Organ Dysfunction — Basics, Controversies, Rationale....Pages 19-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Alveolar Epithelium in Host Defence: Cytokine Production....Pages 37-50
Phagocytosis and Lung Injury....Pages 51-57
Dual Role of Neutrophil α-Defensins in Lung Inflammation....Pages 59-65
Epithelial Injury in Sepsis and ARDS: Role of Leukocyte-Derived Proteases....Pages 67-76
Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines and Apoptosis in Acute Lung Injury....Pages 77-93
The Role of Interleukin-10 During Systemic Inflammation and Bacterial Infection....Pages 95-102
Cardiovascular Surgery. Modulation of the Inflammatory Reaction....Pages 103-110
Microcirculation in Critical Illness....Pages 111-119
Microbial Translocation: from Myth to Mechanism....Pages 121-129
Empirical Antibiotic Treatment in ICU Patients....Pages 131-139
Rotation of Antibiotics — A New Strategy for Prescription in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 141-150
Diagnostic Approach to Sepsis — State of the Art....Pages 151-167
Septic Shock Therapy....Pages 169-175
Sepsis Trials in Children....Pages 177-188
Sepsis and Clinical Trials: a New Era in Anti-Sepsis Therapies....Pages 189-196
Evolving Concepts and Challenges in Sepsis and MODS....Pages 197-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-225

✦ Subjects

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Anesthesiology

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