Severe pneumonia
By: edited by Michael S. Niederman.
Contributors: Niederman, Michael S.
Series: Lung biology in health and disease -- v. 206
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Pneumonia -- Prognosis; Pneumonia, Bacterial; Cross Infection -- etiology; Intensive Care; Ventilators, Mechanical -- adverse effects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Severe pneumonia: definition of severity.; title: Why do some patients get severe pneumonia?; title: What is the role of mechanical ventilation in pneumonia pathogenesis and how can noninvasive ventilation be used to prevent nosocomial pneumonia.; title: Community-acquired pneumonia: defining the patient at risk of severe illness and the role of mortality prediction models in patient management.; title: The bacteriology of severe community-acquired pneumonia and the choice of appropriate empiric therapy.; title: Risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia: a complex and dynamic problem.; title: Attributable mortality and mortality predictors in ventilator-associated pneumonia.; title: The clinical diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia.; title: Establishing the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: an invasive/microbiologic approach compared to a clinical approach.; title: Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in the intensive care unit.; title: What are the optimal regimens for adequate empiric therapy of ventilator-associated pneumonia and how can de-escalation therapy be achieved?; title: What is the role of microbiological surveillance in the management of ventilator-associated pneumonia?; title: Antibiotic pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics: how can they be used to optimize therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia?; title: Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.; title: Pulmonary host defense: basic mechanisms and strategies for immunomodulation.