Infectious diseases in critical care medicine. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Burke A. Cunha.
• Other Names: Cunha, Burke A
• Contents: Clinical approach to fever in critical care -- Fever and rash in critical care -- Physical exam clues to infectious diseases and their mimics in critical care -- Ophthalmologic clues to infectious diseases and their mimics in critical care -- Radiology of infectious diseases and their mimics in critical care -- Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus Vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization and infection in the critical care unit -- Clinical approach to sepsis and its mimics in critical care -- Meningitis and its mimics in critical care -- Encephalitis and its mimics in critical care -- Severe community-acquired pneumonia in critical care -- Nosocomial pneumonia in critical care -- Intravenous central line infections in critical care -- Infective endocarditis and its mimics in critical care -- Intra-abdomial surgical infections and their mimics in critical care -- Clostridium difficile infection in critical care -- Urosepsis in critical care -- Severe skin and soft tissue infections in critical care -- Tropical infections in critical care -- Infections in cirrhosis in critical care -- Severe infections in asplenic patients in critical care -- Infections in burns in critical care -- Infections related to steroids in immunosuppressive/immunomodulating agents in critical care -- Infections in organ transplants in critical care -- Miliary tuberculosis in critical cae -- Bioterrorism infections in critical care -- Selection of antibiotics in critical care -- Antimicrobial therapy of VRE and MRSA in critical care -- Antibiotic therapy of multidrug-resistant Pseudomomas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobactor baumannii in critical care -- Antibiotic kinetics in the febrile multiple-system trauma patient in critical care -- Antibiotic therapy in the penicillin allergic patient in critical care -- Adverse reactions to antiobiotics in critical care.
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: New York : Informa Healthcare USA
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 581 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.9/0475; Nosocomial infections; Critical care medicine; Intensive care units; Communicable Diseases -- diagnosis; Communicable Diseases -- therapy; Critical Care; Diagnosis, Differential; Intensive Care Units; Communicable Diseases -- diagnosis; Communicable Diseases -- therapy; Critical care medicine; Critical Care; Diagnosis, Differential; Intensive care units; Nosocomial infections; MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious; Critical care medicine; Intensive care units; Nosocomial infections; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420092417; 1420092413
• Related ISBNs: 9781420092400; 1420092405
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.