Infectious Diseases in Critical Care, Second Edition

Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Approach to the Febrile Patient in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 3-10
Cardiovascular Monitoring in Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock....Pages 11-21
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Infection....Pages 22-28
Opportunistic Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: A Microbiologic Overview....Pages 29-34
Infections in Critically Ill Solid Organ Transplant Recipients....Pages 35-50
HIV in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 51-64
Fungal Infections....Pages 65-77
Using Protocols To Improve the Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients with Infection: Focus on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Severe Sepsis....Pages 78-84
Microbial Surveillance in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 85-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 93-99
Antifungal Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 100-121
Dose Adjustment and Pharmacokinetics of Antibiotics in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock....Pages 122-146
Prescription of Antimicrobial Agents in Patients Undergoing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy....Pages 147-158
Methods for Implementing Antibiotic Control in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 159-167
Use of Antibiotics in Pregnant Patients in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 168-182
Immunomodulation in Sepsis....Pages 183-190
Antibiotic Induced Diarrhea....Pages 191-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Fundamentals of Infection Control and Strategies for the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 199-211
Antibiotic Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 212-217
Epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 218-225
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
How To Control MRSA Spread in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 226-232
Epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 233-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Brain Abscess....Pages 243-251
Falciparum Malaria....Pages 252-262
Toxic Shock Syndromes....Pages 263-270
Acute Infective Endocarditis....Pages 271-283
Influenza....Pages 284-291
Bloodstream Infection in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 292-302
Bloodstream Infections in Patients with Total Parenteral Nutrition Catheters....Pages 303-312
Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Infections....Pages 313-323
Infection of Pulmonary Arterial and Peripheral Arterial Catheters....Pages 324-332
Prevention of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in Critical Care Patients....Pages 333-340
Meningococcemia....Pages 341-371
Septic Shock....Pages 372-382
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
Tracheobronchitis in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 385-393
Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia....Pages 394-403
Legionnaires’ Disease....Pages 404-412
Adjunctive and Supportive Measures for Community-Acquired Pneumonia....Pages 413-419
Respiratory Infection in Immunocompromised Neutropenic Patients....Pages 420-426
Pneumonia in Non-Neutropenic Immunocompromised Patients....Pages 427-434
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
Community-Acquired Respiratory Complications in the Intensive Care Unit: Pneumonia and Acute Exacerbations of COPD....Pages 435-448
Management of Hospital-Associated Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 449-455
Assessment of Resolution of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia....Pages 456-465
Invasive Devices in the Pathogenesis of Nosocomial Pneumonia....Pages 466-474
Front Matter....Pages 475-475
Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome....Pages 477-487
Sepsis in Obstetrics....Pages 488-493
Diagnosis and Management of Intra-abdominal Sepsis....Pages 494-508
Surgical Site Infection Control in the Critical Care Environment....Pages 509-520
Severe Soft Tissue Infections: A Syndrome-Based Approach....Pages 521-530
Vascular Graft Infections....Pages 531-541
Acute Mediastinitis....Pages 542-554
Pancreatic Infection....Pages 555-566
Urinary Tract Infections....Pages 567-580
Neurosurgical Infections in Intensive Care Unit Patients....Pages 581-594
Biliary Tract Infections....Pages 595-605
Back Matter....Pages 606-616