Management of Sepsis: The PIRO Approach

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rello, Jordi (Editor), Díaz, Emili (Editor), Rodríguez, Alejandro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Internal Medicine.

Sepsis is a very important public health problem. It is widely acknowledged that the severe inflammatory response syndrome/severe sepsis paradigm fails to stratify sepsis patients adequately. This book reviews in detail how sepsis should be managed on the basis of a novel approach to staging. The PI...