Life-Threatening Community-Acquired Infections: Toxic Shock Syndrome, Overwhelming Postsplenectomy Infection, Meningococcemia, Malaria, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Others Mary T. Bessesen This chapter covers several infections of low incidence and high…
Infections Associated with Vascular Catheters Suzanne F. Bradley Carol A. Kauffman Medical technology has led to the creation of a variety of indwelling vascular catheters that have greatly improved our…
Infective Endocarditis and Infections of Intracardiac Prosthetic Devices Karen C. Carroll Sarah H. Cheeseman Sara E. Cosgrove Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the endothelial lining of the heart,…
Renal Replacement Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit Glenn Kershaw Matthew J. Trainor Pang-Yen Fan Introduction Rapid deterioration of kidney function in acutely ill patients is common and potentially catastrophic….
Central Nervous System Infections Heidi L. Smith Alan L. Rothman The central nervous system (CNS) infections of major interest in the intensive care unit (ICU) are bacterial meningitis, encephalitis, brain…
Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Acquired Infections in the Intensive Care Unit Mireya Wessolossky Richard T. Ellison III Introduction Preventing healthcare-acquired infections in intensive care units (ICUs) is a daily concern…
Use of Antimicrobials in the Treatment of Infection in the Critically Ill Patient Iva Zivna Richard H. Glew Jennifer S. Daly This chapter reviews antimicrobial agents used in the treatment…
Drug Dosing in Renal and Hepatic Failure: A Pharmacokinetic Approach to the Critically ILL Patient Sonia Lin Keith J. Foster Ronald J. Debellis Brian S. Smith Estimates of the incidence…
Approach to Fever in the ICU Patient Raul E. Davaro Richard H. Glew Humanity has but three great enemies: fever, famine and war; of these by far the greatest, by…
Disorders of Plasma Sodium and Plasma Potassium Robert M. Black Disorders of Plasma Sodium Hyponatremia and hypernatremia are conditions commonly observed in the intensive care unit. They are defined as…
