Infectious Diseases in the Intensive Care Unit
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45212
Manish Soneja, Puneet Khanna, editors.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2020.
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- Online
Infections in intensive care is a very broad topic, and this book provides concise yet comprehensive coverage. It focuses on the appropriate and judicious use of microbiological, radiological and point-of-care tests in diagnostic work-ups and evidence-based management protocols. Moreover, it offers essential information on the diagnosis and management of commonly encountered infections in the intensive care unit, making it a handy ready-reference manual for intensivists.
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- Other Authors
- Soneja, Manish
- Khanna, Puneet
- Responsibility
- Manish Soneja, Puneet Khanna, editors
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 411 p.) : 39 illus., 20 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789811540394
- 9789811540387 (Print ed.)
- 9789811540400 (Print ed.)
- 9789811540417 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cross Infection - prevention & control
- Infection Control - methods
- Intensive Care Units
- Abstract
- Infections in intensive care is a very broad topic, and this book provides concise yet comprehensive coverage. It focuses on the appropriate and judicious use of microbiological, radiological and point-of-care tests in diagnostic work-ups and evidence-based management protocols. Moreover, it offers essential information on the diagnosis and management of commonly encountered infections in the intensive care unit, making it a handy ready-reference manual for intensivists.
- Contents
- 1. Fever in Intensive Care Unit -- 2. Clinical Approach to Sepsis -- 3. Tropical Infections in ICU -- 4. Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia -- 5. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia -- 6. Blood Stream Infections -- 7. Urosepsis -- 8. Infections of the Central Nervous System (CNS) in the ICU -- 9. Obstetric and Gynecological Infections -- 10. Surgical Infections in ICU -- 11. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in ICU -- 12. Infections in Renal Transplant Recipient in ICU: An Overview -- 13. Infections in Burn Patients in ICU -- 14. Approach and Management of Severe Infections in Neutropenic Patients -- 15. Management of Viral Infections in ICU -- 16. Tuberculosis in Critical Care -- 17. HIV in ICU -- 18. Clostridium Difficile Infection: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention -- 19. Infections in the Intensive Care Setting: Role of Radiology -- 20. Selection of Antibiotics in Infectious Diseases in the Critically Ill -- 21. Management of Gram Negative Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in Intensive Care Units -- 22. Management of MRSA, VRE -- 23. Fungal Infections in the ICU -- 24. Pediatric Infections in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) -- 25. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Intensive Care Unit -- 26. Principles of Infection Prevention and Control in ICU -- 27. Point-of-Care Testing in Intensive Care Units -- 28. Sepsis in Chronic Liver Disease.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
