Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Richard D. Wunderink, Jordi Rello (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

179 Seiten

2001
Springer (Verlag)
978-0-7923-7444-2 (ISBN)

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) continues to be one of the greatest challenges to critical care practitioners and one of the greatest threats to the survival of our patients. We therefore are pleased to include contributions from experts and investigators offering different perspectives on some of these controversial areas.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) continues to be one of the greatest challenges to critical care practitioners and one of the greatest threats to the survival of our patients. The choice of this topic for an issue of the PERSPECTIVES IN CRITICAL CARE INFECTIOUS DISEASES Series is therefore quite appropriate.
Despite its importance, many areas of the management of ventilator-associated pneumonia remain controversial. We therefore are pleased to include contributions from experts and investigators offering different perspectives on some of these controversial areas.

1. Diagnosis of Pneumonia.- 2. Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaOne American’s Perspective.- 3. Prevention of Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients.- 4. Is Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Cost Effective?.- 5. Role of the Oropharynx and Digestive Tract in the Pathogenesis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.- 6.Treatment of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaEuropean Perspective.- 7. Treatment of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaNorth American Perspective.- 8. Resistant Pathogens: Emergence and Control in ICU Patients.- 9. Resistant Pathogens: Emergence and Control 131 Patricia Winokur.- 10. Mortality and Morbidity of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: The Controversy.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.2001
Reihe/Serie	Perspectives on Critical Care Infectious Diseases ; 4
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 179 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Intensivmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	0-7923-7444-4 / 0792374444
ISBN-13	978-0-7923-7444-2 / 9780792374442
Zustand	Neuware