Nosocomial pneumonia : strategies for management / edited by Jordi Rello.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rello, Jordi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pneumonia.

Nosocomial infections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 disease presents the clinician with a variety of challenges, in both diagnosis and management, all of which represent a significant concern for the welfare of patients whose ability to combat infection is frequently already compromised. Nosocomial Pneumonia: Strategies for Management is dedicated specifically to this most common hospital acqui

Contents:

Health care associated-pneumonia : epidemiology, microbiology and clinical outcomes / Marcos I. Restrepo & Antonio Anzuelo

Prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia / Rafael Sierra & Antonio Gordillo

Role of the microbiology laboratory in the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia / Emilio Bouza & Almudena Burillo & Patricia Munoz

Pathophysiology of pneumonia / Amalia Alcon ... [et al.]

Clinical approach to the patient with hospital-acquired pneumonia / Jordi Rello & Miguel Gallego

Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Jordi Valles & Dolors Marisca

Hospital acquired-pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus / Despoina Koulenti & Kemal Agbaht

Nosocomial pneumonia by Acinetobacter baumannii / Jose Garnacho-Montero & Maria Eugenia Pachon & J.M. Cisneros

Fungal pneumonia / George Dimopoulos & E. Papadomichelakis & P. Kopteridis

Nosocomial pneumonia : strategies for management : general pharmacologic considerations and dose adjustment in antibiotic therapy for HAP / Pierluigi Viale & Federico Pea

Minimally invasive diagnostic strategy in immunocompromized patients with pulmonary infiltrates / Sandra De Miranda & Elie Azoulay

Pneumonia in trauma patients / Helene A. Haeberle & Wolfgang A. Krueger

Acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia / Jean Chastre ... [et al.]

Assessment of patients with poor resolution of hospital-acquired pneumonia / Richard G. Wunderink & Keenan A. Hawkins

Approach to patients with recurrent ventilator-associated pneumonia / Grant W. Waterer & Diego Lopez

Costs for hospital-acquired pneumonia & ventilator-associated pneumonia / Andrew F. Shorr & William L. Jackson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612348723

9781282348721

1282348728

9780470518274

0470518278

9780470518267

047051826X

OCLC:

609849723