Infectious Diseases in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Buch | Softcover

580 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2008
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4471-7122-5 (ISBN)

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Many children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are admitted with serious infections. If they do not have serious infections prior to admission, there is also a high chance of them acquiring nosocomial infection once admitted. Many syndromes may lead to serious infection and the need for high dependency or intensive care. In addition, the numbers of children who are severely immunocompromised and surviving for extended periods are increasing. Any delay in therapy may produce more severe infection in an immunocompetent patient. As the influence of genetic factors in infectious disease becomes evident and new therapies and new modes of therapy have been introduced, there is the need to draw together these topics into one text. Infectious Diseases in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit specifically examines infectious disease aspects of pediatric intensive care, from the reasons for admission, the risks of nosocomial infection, infection control, modes of therapy and outcomes.

Simon Nadel is on the advisory board of Intensive Care Medicine and is the Clinical Director of St Mary's Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, London, UK.

The Immunology of Neonates and Children and its Relation to Susceptibility to Infection.- Infections in the Critically Ill Neonate.- Fungal Infection in Critically Ill Children.- Toxin Mediated Diseases - Toxic Shock Syndrome.- Vaccines for the Prevention of Admission to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.- Pathophysiology of Pediatric Sepsis.- The Epidemiology of Severe Infections in Children.- Novel Challenges in Infection in the PICU Setting.- Host Genetic Susceptibility to Infection.- Nosocomial Infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.- Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient in PICU.- Infants and Children with HIV.- Life-Threatening Tropical Infections.- Cardiac Infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.- Paediatric Critical Care: Acute Central Nervous System Infection.- Respiratory Infection in Pediatric Intensive Care.- New Therapies for Sepsis.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	105 Illustrations, color; XIII, 580 p. 105 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	England
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Intensivmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
Schlagworte	Fungal infection • HIV • Infection • Infection control • Infections • Infectious • infectious disease • Infectious Diseases • Intensive Care Medicine • nosocomial infection • Respiratory Infection • Sepsis
ISBN-10	1-4471-7122-5 / 1447171225
ISBN-13	978-1-4471-7122-5 / 9781447171225
Zustand	Neuware