CRC Handbook of Mediators in Septic Shock
Contributors: Edmund A. Neugebauer (Editor); John W. Holaday (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: CRC-Press
Published: August 16, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780849335488
Subjects: Septic Shock; Medical / Nursing; Shock; Infectious Diseases; Science/Mathematics; Infectious & contagious diseases; Medical / Anesthesiology; Trauma & shock; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Endotoxins; Inflammation; Mediators
First sentence: Despite antibiotic therapy, aggressive hemodynamic monitoring, fluid resuscitation, and metabolic support, Gram-negative bacterial sepsis remains a lethal disease in normal and immunocompromised patients.