Management of Sepsis: The PIRO Approach

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rello, Jordi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Díaz, Emili (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rodríguez, Alejandro (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Θέματα: 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...

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