Sepsis and non-infectious systemic inflammation from biology to critical care /

Providing definitions, clinical features and epidemiology, Sepsis and Non-infectious Systemic Inflammation adopts a comprehensive approach, describing in detail the various physiological systems involved. As such, this unique handbook and reference work is the first to combine sepsis and non-infecti...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Cavaillon, Jean-Marc; Adrie, Christophe
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9783527626151
Summary: Providing definitions, clinical features and epidemiology, Sepsis and Non-infectious Systemic Inflammation adopts a comprehensive approach, describing in detail the various physiological systems involved. As such, this unique handbook and reference work is the first to combine sepsis and non-infectious SIRS, reviewing both the biological and medical aspects of these two important syndromes. The whole is rounded off with a discussion of past, present and future therapies.
Carrier Form: xxi, 425 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783527626151
3527626158
9783527626168 (electronic bk.)
3527626166 (electronic bk.)
1282189166
9781282189164
Index Number: RC182
CLC: R631
Contents: Part I. Clinical Aspects of Sepsis and SIRS; 1 Definition of Sepsis and Non-infectious SIRS; 2 Epidemiology of Sepsis and Non-infectious SIRS; 3 Similarities of the Clinical Aspects of Sepsis and Non-infectious SIRS; 4 Organ Dysfunctions during Severe Sepsis and Septic-like Syndromes: Epidemiology, Classification, and Mechanisms -- Part II. Pathogens; 5 Pathogens in Sepsis: Gram-negative Bacterial PAMPs and PRRs; 6 Pathogens in Sepsis: Gram-positive Bacterial PAMPs, PRRs and Superantigens; 7 Pathogens in Sepsis: Fungi, Parasites.