Nosocomial pneumonia [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for management / / edited by Jordi Rello

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : J. Wiley, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.2/41
• Soggetto topico: Pneumonia; Nosocomial infections
• Altri autori: RelloJordi
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Muñoz -- Pathophysiology of pneumonia / Amalia Alcón ... [et al.] -- Clinical approach to the patient with hospital-acquired pneumonia / Jordi Rello & Miguel Gallego -- Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Jordi Vallés & Dolors Marisca -- Hospital acquired-pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus / Despoina Koulenti & Kemal Agbaht -- Nosocomial pneumonia by Acinetobacter baumannii / Jose Garnacho-Montero & María Eugenia Pachón & 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 & Élie 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 López -- Costs for hospital-acquired pneumonia & ventilator-associated pneumonia / Andrew F. Shorr & William L. Jackson.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Nosocomial pneumonia
• ISBN: 1-282-34872-8; 9786612348723; 0-470-51827-8; 0-470-51826-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144740803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II