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Ch. 1. Opportunistic infections: an overview -- Ch. 2. Pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of fever and approach to the febrile patient in the intensive care unit -- Ch. 3. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and infection -- Ch. 4. Fungal infections -- Ch. 5. Infections in critically ill solid organ transplant recipients -- Ch. 6. Infections in the neurosurgical patient -- Ch. 7. Cardiovascular monitoring of the septic patient -- Ch. 8. Role of invasive devices in the pathogenesis of nosocomial pneumonia -- Ch. 9. AIDS in the intensive care unit -- Ch. 10. Antifungal therapy in the ICU -- Ch. 11. Immunomodulation in sepsis -- Ch. 12. Using information systems technology to improve antibiotic prescribing -- Ch. 13. Use of antibiotics in pregnant patients in the ICU -- Ch. 14. Pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in seriously infectious patients -- Ch. 15. Antimicrobial prophylaxis in the intensive care unit -- Ch. 16. Prescription of antimicrobial agents in patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy -- Ch. 17. Fundamentals of infection control and surveillance strategies for the ICU -- Ch. 18. Isolation and handwashing -- Ch. 19. Sterilization and disinfection in the ICU -- Ch. 20. Antibiotic resistance in the ICU -- Ch. 21. Epidemic infections in the ICU: multiresistant microorganisms -- Ch. 22. Challenges in outbreak investigations in intensive care units -- Ch. 23. Septic shock -- Ch. 24. Acute bacterial meningitis -- Ch. 25. Acute infective endocarditis -- Ch. 26. Falciparum malaria -- Ch. 27. Toxic shock syndromes -- |
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Ch. 28. Meningococcemia -- Ch. 29. Brain abscess -- Ch. 30. Encephalitis -- Ch. 31. Nosocomial bloodstream infection in the ICU -- Ch. 32. Hemodialysis catheter-related infections -- Ch. 33. Infection of pulmonary arterial catheter and peripheral arterial catheter -- Ch. 34. Catheter-related bloodstream infections in total parenteral nutrition -- Ch. 35. Prevention of catheter-related infections -- Ch. 36. Tracheobronchitis in the ICU -- Ch. 37. Severe community-acquired pneumonia -- Ch. 38. Severe legionellosis -- Ch. 39. Adjunctive and supportive measures for community-acquired pneumonia -- Ch. 40. Therapy of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit -- Ch. 41. Respiratory infection in immunocompromised neutropenic patients -- Ch. 42. Respiratory infections in immunocompromised non-neutropenic patients -- Ch. 43. Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia -- Ch. 44. Antibiotic induced diarrhea -- Ch. 45. Urinary tract infections -- Ch. 46. Pancreatic infection -- Ch. 47. Biliary tract infections -- Ch. 48. Sepsis in obstetrics -- Ch. 49. Peritonitis -- Ch. 50. Surgical site infection control in the critical care environment -- Ch. 51. Severe soft tissue infections: a syndrome-based approach -- Ch. 52. Infections in burn patients -- Ch. 53. Infectious diseases in toxic epidermal necrolysis -- Ch. 54. Vascular graft infections -- Ch. 55. Acute mediastinitis. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 00066407 |
| ISBN | 0792372883 : |
