TY - BOOK ID - 4807296 TI - Infectious diseases in critical care PY - 2007 SN - 9783540344063 3540344055 9783540344056 9786612823831 3540344063 1282823833 PB - Berlin ; [London] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Intensive / Critical Care Medicine. KW - Infectious Diseases. KW - Emergency Medicine. KW - Pneumology/Respiratory System. KW - Medical Microbiology. KW - Medicine. KW - Microbiology. KW - Emergency medicine. KW - Critical care medicine. KW - Emerging infectious diseases. KW - Pneumology. KW - Médecine KW - Microbiologie KW - Médecine d'urgence KW - Soins intensifs KW - Maladies infectieuses émergentes KW - Intensive care units. KW - Nosocomial infections. KW - Critical care medicine KW - Communicable diseases KW - Intensive care units KW - Infection KW - Patient Care KW - Therapeutic Uses KW - Communicable Disease Control KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Hospital Units KW - Anti-Infective Agents KW - Critical Care KW - Intensive Care Units KW - Cross Infection KW - Diagnosis, Differential KW - Infection Control KW - Diagnosis KW - Communicable Diseases KW - Community-Acquired Infections KW - Pharmacologic Actions KW - Public Health Practice KW - Bacterial Infections and Mycoses KW - Health Facilities KW - Health Services KW - Therapeutics KW - Diseases KW - Chemical Actions and Uses KW - Public Health KW - Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Health Care KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Medicine KW - Infectious Diseases KW - Emergency Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Communicable diseases. KW - Critical care units KW - ICUs (Health facilities) KW - Contagion and contagious diseases KW - Contagious diseases KW - Infectious diseases KW - Microbial diseases in human beings KW - Zymotic diseases KW - Intensive care KW - Intensive medicine KW - Hospital wards KW - Epidemics KW - Emergency medicine UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4807296 AB - Infections and their complications are a very important clinical area in the intensive care unit setting. Community-acquired infections and nosocomial infections both contribute to the high level of disease acquisition common among critically ill patients. The accurate diagnosis of nosocomial infections and the provision of appropriate therapies, including antimicrobial therapy effective against the identified agents of infection, have been shown to be important determinants of patient outcome. Critical care practitioners are in a unique position in dealing with infectious diseases. They are often the initial providers of care to seriously ill patients with infections. Additionally, they have a responsibility to ensure that nosocomial infections are prevented and that antimicrobial resistance is minimized by prudently employing antibiotic agents. It is the editors' hope that this book will provide clinicians practicing in the intensive care unit with a reference to help guide their care of infected patients. To that end they have brought together a group of international authors to address important topics related to infectious diseases for the critical care practitioner. ER -