This book provides clinicians practicing in the intensive care unit with a reference to help guide their care of infected patients.

The first edition of Preventing Hospital Infections led readers through a step-by-step description of a quality improvement intervention as it might unfold in a model hospital, pinpointing the likely obstacles and offering practical ...

The text draws on the extensive personal clinical experience of the authors, including examples, anecdotes, and down-to-earth, practical guidance.

This volume highlights: Epidemiology Diagnosis Impact of Infection Management and Treatment Prevention - including Education as the Primary Tool for Prevention The purpose of this book is to provide the practitioner with the most ...

Therapeutic approaches, antibiotics resistance, disease management and vaccination strategies are also covered. The volume is of interest to researchers and clinicians in virology, epidemiology and biomedicine.

This timely reference provides the latest information on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of nosocomial pneumonia, including risk factors, diagnostic tests used to make the definitive diagnosis, likely pathogens, and the most ...

In this book, the recent developments in immunology and the impact on the treatment of infections in critical care and in surgery are presented, also describing how cellular immunology influences clinical treatment.

The volume belongs to the series "Topics in Anaethesia and Critical Care", edited by Prof. Antonino Gullo. The titles of this series deal with different topics of critical care medicine.

This multi-contributed text, co-ordinated by one of the leading authorities in the field, is a unique resource to cover in depth the management of the important issue of Nosocomial Pneumonia in respiratory medicine and critical care.

This volume also includes cutting edge information regarding the potential for prophylactic and pre-emptive therapy of fungal infections in intensive care units.