Infection in the Critically Ill: an Ongoing Challenge: Topics in Anaesthesia and Critical Care

1 — Pneumonia Management in the Intensive Care Unit: an Integrated Approach.- 2 — Diagnostic Tools for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.- 3 — Cost-Effectiveness of New Technology to Reduce Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections due to Central Venous Catheters.- 4 — Peritonitis: Priorities and Management Strategies.- 5 — Bacterial Translocation.- 6 — Practical Aspects of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in High-Risk Surgical Patients.- 7 — The Usefulness of Surveillance Cultures: a Prospective Cohort Study on the ICU.- 8 — Microbiology for the Critically Ill Patient Receiving Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract.- 9 — The Role of Surveillance Cultures in Containing Antibiotic Resistance.- 10 — Multi-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli: Impact of Antibiotic Restriction.- 11 — Multi-Drug-Resistant Staphylococci and Enterococci.- 12 — Therapeutic Options for the Treatment of Gram-Positive Infections.- 13 — Control of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outbreaks.- 14 — Oral Vancomycin in the Control of MRSA Outbreaks in the ICU.- 15 — Control of Acinetobacter Outbreaks with Oral Polymyxin.- 16 — An Approach to Controlling Acinetobacter Outbreaks in the ICUs.- 17 — Prevention of the Emergence of resistence.- Main Symbols.

This book represents an important update for physicians working in the ICU