Daniels / Nutbeam ABC of Sepsis

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1665-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 104 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: ABC Series

The importance of early prevention and treatment of sepsis hasnever been greater. In the UK alone sepsis contributes to moredeaths than lung cancer, from bowel cancer and breast cancercombined, and approximately one third of patients who suffer fromsevere sepsis die. The ABC of Sepsis provides a much neededintroduction and an invaluable aid in the increasing efforts toreduce hospital infection and improve patient safety.
As growing numbers of junior medical staff experience emergencymedicine, critical care and acute medicine as part of theFoundation Programme, there is an increasing need to develop theskills required to treat severe sepsis. The editors are involvedwith the Survive Sepsis campaign - developed to improve therecognition, diagnosis and treatment of sepsis - and are perfectlyplaced to guide junior medics, GPs, specialist nurses, criticalcare nurses and primary care staff through this core aspect ofacute medicine.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daniels, Ron

Nutbeam, Tim

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 Introduction 1
Mitchell M. Levy
2 Defining the Spectrum of Disease 5
Ron Daniels
3 Identifying the Patient with Sepsis 10
Ron Daniels
4 Serious Complications of Sepsis 15
Hentie Cilliers Tony Whitehouse and Bill Tunnicliffe
5 The Pathophysiology of Sepsis 20
Edwin Mitchell and Tony Whitehouse
6 Initial Resuscitation 25
Tim Nutbeam
7 Microbiology and Antibiotic Therapy 29
Partha De and Ron Daniels
8 Infection Prevention and Control 36
Fiona Lawrence Georgina McNamara and Clare Galvin
9 The Role of Imaging in Sepsis 42
Morgan Cleasby
10 Presentations in Medical Patients 48
Nandan Gautam
11 Presentations in Surgical Patients 57
Jonathan Stewart and Sian Abbott
12 Special Cases: The Immunocompromised Patient 62
Manos Nikolousis
13 The Role of Critical Care 68
Julian Hull
14 Monitoring the Septic Patient 73
David Stanley
15 Novel Therapies in Sepsis 78
Gavin D. Perkins and David R. Thickett
16 Approaches to Achieve Change 83
Julian F. Bion and Gordon D. Rubenfield
Index 8

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Ron Daniels MB ChB FRCA
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Lead Clinican, Critical
Care Outreach, Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Chair: Surviving Sepsis Campaign United Kingdom Steering Committee
Survive SEPSIS Programme Director
Dr Tim Nutbeam MB ChB
Trainee in Emergency Medicine/Intensive Care Medicine
Editor: Survive SEPSIS (the educational programme of the international Surviving Sepsis Campaign)