Infection Control

Infectious diseases in the intensive care unit

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Infections in intensive care is a very broad topic, and this book provides concise yet comprehensive coverage. It focuses on the appropriate and judicious use of microbiological, radiological and point-of-care tests in diagnostic work-ups and evidence-based management protocols.…

Infectious diseases in the pediatric intensive care unit

by Nadel, Simon

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Many children are admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with serious infections or with a high chance of acquiring nosocomial infection once admitted. Any infection can be serious in an immunocompromised patient, while any delay in therapy may produce more severe in…

Infectious diseases in the pediatric intensive care unit

by Nadel, Simon

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Many children are admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with serious infections or with a high chance of acquiring nosocomial infection once admitted. Any infection can be serious in an immunocompromised patient, while any delay in therapy may produce more severe in…

Infection prevention and control: perceptions and perspectives

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This work presents a variety of perceptions of and perspectives on infection prevention and control. In doing this, the chapters will reflect upon challenging and controversial new ways of looking at infection prevention and control aimed at generating both discussion and debate…

Infectious disease in the aging: a clinical handbook

by Yoshikawa, Thomas T., Norman, Dean C.

fromInfectious disease (Totowa, N.J.)

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Because aging is accompanied by a steady decline in resistance to infectious diseases, the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in the elderly is not only much more complex, but also often quite different from that for younger patients. In the second edition of Infectious D…