Research Catalog

Title

Sepsis and multiorgan failure / edited by Alan M. Fein [and others].

Publication

Baltimore, Md., USA : Williams & Wilkins, [1997], ©1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

Fein, Alan, 1949-

Description

xxi, 675 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Septicemia > Complications
• Multiple Organ Failure
• Sepsis > complications
• Multiple organ failure > Pathogenesis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome: A Unifying Concept of Systemic Inflammation / Roger C. Bone -- 2. Mechanisms and Classification of Shock / Mark E. Astiz and Eric C. Rackow -- 3. Microbiology of Sepsis / Gordon M. Trenholme -- 4. The Epidemiology and Natural History of Bacterial Sepsis / M. Sigfrido Rangel-Frausto and Richard P. Wenzel -- 5. The Epidemiology of Sepsis in the Immunocompromised Host / Lisa H. Youkeles and Mark J. Rosen -- 6. Endotoxin and Sepsis / Peter S. Dahlberg and David L. Dunn -- 7. Gram Positive Organisms and the Pathology of Sepsis / Ilona Idanpaan-Heikkila and Elaine Tuomanen -- 8. Cellular Effectors of the Septic Process / Randeep S. Jawa and Joseph S. Solomkin -- 9. Cytokine Networks in the Pathogenesis of Sepsis / Larry C. Casey -- 10. Mediators of SIRS: The Kallikrein/Kinin System and Catecholamines / Timothy C. Rodell --
• 11. Fatty Acids and Prostaglandins as Mediators of the Septic Response / Michel A. Makhlouf, James A. Cook and Perry V. Halushka -- 12. Nitric Oxide Biology in Sepsis and Shock States / Jose A. Lorente, Luis Landin and Andres Esteban -- 13. Oxygen Radicals in Sepsis, Acute Lung Injury, and Multiple Organ Failure / Stuart Horowitz and Lin Mantell -- 14. Acute Respiratory Failure in Sepsis / Jane E. Dematte, Michelle L. Barnard and J. Iasha Sznajder -- 15. Liver Dysfunction in Sepsis / George M. Matuschak -- 16. Energetics and Oxygen Delivery in Sepsis / David E. Taylor and Guillermo Gutierrez -- 17. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome: The Relevance of Persistent Infection and Inflammation / R. D. Piper and William J. Sibbald -- 18. Cardiac Dysfunction in Sepsis / Jean-Francois Dhainaut, Alain Cariou and Virginie Gest -- 19. Substrate Use in Hypermetabolism / Joshua A. Katz and Stephen F. Lowry -- 20. Neurologic Alterations in Sepsis / Thomas P. Bleck --
• 21. Acute Renal Failure in Sepsis and Shock / Paul L. Bernstein and Richard H. Sterns -- 22. Coagulopathy: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Tom van der Poll, Marcel Levi and Sander J. H. van Deventer -- 23. Diagnostic Approach and Clinical Manifestations of Severe Sepsis / John C. Rodrigues and Alan M. Fein -- 24. Circulating Markers of Sepsis and Acute Lung Injury / Polly E. Parsons and Marc Moss -- 25. Criteria for the Description of Organ Dysfunction in Sepsis and SIRS / John C. Marshall -- 26. Severe Sepsis in Infants and Children / Jonathan M. Davis, Pramod Narula and Jane Aronson [et al.] -- 27. Severe Pneumonia / Michael S. Neiderman and Antonio Torres -- 28. Imaging in Sepsis / Murray M. Arons and Arthur P. Wheeler -- 29. Evaluation of Cardiovascular Performance in Sepsis / Jason M. Lazar -- 30. Use of Nuclear Medicine Techniques in the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Sepsis / Elizabeth Yung and Holley M. Dey --
• 31. Sepsis in the Geriatric Age Group / Bruce P. Krieger -- 32. Gut Barrier Dysfunction and Sepsis / Mitchell P. Fink and Jonathan S. Aranow -- 33. Trauma and Burns / H. Hank Simms -- 34. Sepsis in the Gynecological and Obstetric Patient / Stephen E. Lapinsky and P. Gareth R. Seaward -- 35. Abdominal Sepsis / John M. A. Bohnen -- 36. Urologic Sepsis / Michael A. O'Donnell -- 37. Ventilatory Management of Sepsis-associated Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Jesus Villar and Arthur S. Slutsky -- 38. Pharmacologic Management of Shock: Support of the Cardiovascular System / Jean-Louis Vincent -- 39. A Care Map for Severe Sepsis / Janice L. Zimmerman and R. Phillip Dellinger -- 40. Improving Oxygen Delivery / David R. Dantzker -- 41. Antimicrobial Therapy of Sepsis / Burke A. Cunha and M. Vanessa Gill -- 42. Fluids and Resuscitation in Sepsis / Mark E. Astiz, Victor Castro and Eric C. Rackow --
• 43. Biological Response Modifiers and Sepsis / Bennett P. deBoisblanc, Benoit Guery and Steve Nelson -- 44. The Economics and Cost-effectiveness of Sepsis / Donald B. Chalfin -- 45. Ethical Considerations in Sepsis and Multiorgan Failure / Sharon Einav and Charles L. Sprung -- 46. Metabolic and Nutritional Support in SIRS and Sepsis / Akram S. Talhouk, Lillian Harvey and Patricia Molina [et al.] -- 47. Acute Renal Failure in Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure / Howard L. Corwin -- 48. Inhaled Nitric Oxide: A Therapeutic Tool in Acute Lung Injury / Louis Puybasset and Jean-Jacques Rouby -- 49. Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials in Sepsis and Critical Illness / Gordon R. Bernard -- 50. Use of Evidence-based Medicine in Evaluation of Sepsis Therapies / Deborah Cook -- 51. Animal Models of Sepsis and Septic Shock / Mitchell P. Fink and Aaron G. Baggs -- 52. Statistical Issues in Clinical Sepsis Trials / Stanley Lemeshow, Daniel Teres and Scott Moseley --
• 53. Interpreting Large-scale Clinical Sepsis Trials: A Retrospective View / Charles J. Fisher, Jr. and Yunli Zheng.

ISBN

0683030973

LCCN

96040538

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries