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Evolving Concepts in Sepsis and Septic Shock (Perspectives on Critical Care Infectious Diseases)
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Evolving Concepts in Sepsis and Septic Shock (Perspectives on Critical Care Infectious Diseases)
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by Peter Q. Eichacker and Jérôme Pugin
Sales Rank: 3146070
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List Price: $239.00
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Hardcover: 195 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1st edition January 15, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0792372352
ISBN-13: 978-0792372356
Product Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Product Description
Much research over the past 30 to 40 years has shown that the inflammatory response, while critical for host defense during microbial infection, may itself play a central role in the pathogenesis of sepsis. Although key mediators responsible for this injury have been identified, efforts clinically to augment our conventional antimicrobial and supportive therapies during sepsis with agents modulating the inflammatory response have been unsuccessful. As a result, the mortality associated with this lethal syndrome, especially when complicated by shock, has remained persistently high. Unfortunately, during this same period of time, the incidence of sepsis has accelerated as other fields of medicine have relied increasingly on therapies that predispose to infection.
While frustrating, overall this experience in the field of sepsis has not been without value. Most importantly, it has helped define on several different levels the complexity of the septic patient. Recognizing and addressing this complexity as discussed by each of the contributors to Evolving Concepts in Sepsis and Septic Shock may now provide new inroads into the treatment of sepsis.
Book Info
National Institutes of Health, Bethseda, MD. An overview of the current status of research into effective therapies for sepsis. Topics covered include difficulty of diagnosis, the effects of genetic background on vulnerability to sepsis, and inflammatory therapies. DNLM: Sepsis.
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