Infectious Diseases In Critical Care Medicine (Hardbound - 1998)

About the Book
This invaluable clinical guide offers the only reference on infectious diseases encountered in intensive care patients-discussing infectious disease problems in the critical care unit and therapy.
No other book describes in practical terms the mimics of infection and how to differentiate colonization from infection
Written by internationally renowned experts, Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

differentiates between sepsis and conditions that can imitate sepsis

highlights key diagnostic findings in all major infectious disease problems in critical care

includes practical infection control measures

provides easy to use recommendations on empiric antibiotic therapy

furnishes a simple, effective method of adjusting drug doses in patients with abnormal hepatic and kidney function

presents strategies for controlling resistance in critical care
With over 2500 bibliographic citations and more than 200 tables, drawings, photographs, micrographs, and x-rays, Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine is an indispensable resource for infectious disease specialists; intensive and critical care physicians; pulmonologists; primary care physicians; internists; hospitalists; medical house officers; and pulmonary, critical care, and infectious disease fellows.