Severe pneumonia. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Niederman.
• Other Names: Niederman, Michael S
• Contents: 1. Severe pneumonia : definition of severity / Santiago Ewig -- 2. Why do some patients get severe pneumonia? / Grant W. Waterer and Richard G. Wunderink -- 3. What is the role of mechanical ventilation in pneumonia pathogenesis and how can noninvasive ventilation be used to prevent nosocomial pneumonia / Massimo Antonelli and Giorgio Conti -- 4. Community-acquired pneumonia : defining the patient at risk of severe illness and the role of mortality prediction models in patient management / Mark Woodhead -- 5. The bacteriology of severe community-acquired pneumonia and the choice of appropriate empiric therapy / Mauricio Valencia, Manuela Cavalcanti, and Antoni Torres -- 6. Risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia : a complex and dynamic problem / Donald E. Craven [and others] -- 7. Attributable mortality and mortality predictors in ventilator- associated pneumonia / Jean-Yves Fagon and Jean Chastre -- 8. The clinical diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia / Michael S. Niederman -- 9. Establishing the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia : an invasive/microbiologic approach compared to a clinical approach / Jean Chastre and Jean-Yves Fagon -- 10. Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in the intensive care unit / Jan E. Patterson [and others] -- 11. What are the optimal regimens for adequate empiric therapy of ventilator-associated pneumonia and how can de-escalation therapy be achieved? / George H. Karam -- 12. What is the role of microbiological surveillance in the management of ventilator-associated pneumonia? / Dolors Mariscal and Jordi Rello -- 13. Antibiotic pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics : how can they be used to optimize therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia? / Sungmin Kiem and Jerome J. Schentag -- 14. Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia / Marc J.M. Bonten and Robert A. Weinstein -- 15. Pulmonary host defense : basic mechanisms and strategies for immunomodulation / Lee J. Quinton [and others].
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 422 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.2/41; Pneumonia -- Prognosis; Pneumonia, Bacterial; Cross Infection -- etiology; Critical Care; Ventilators, Mechanical -- adverse effects; MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0849361192; 9780849361197
• Related ISBNs: 0824726278
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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