Drs. John C. Perkins and Michael E. Winters have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Sepsis in the Emergency Department. Article topics include: Defining and Diagnosing Sepsis; Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy; Severe Sepsis Resuscitation in Resource Limited Settings; Source Control in Severe Sepsis; Considerations in Special Populations with Severe Sepsis; Pediatric Severe Sepsis Resuscitation; The New Usual Care; Prehospital Sepsis Care; Endpoints of Sepsis Resuscitation; Pitfalls in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Disposition of Severe Sepsis; Biomarkers in Sepsis; Vasopressors and Inotropes in Sepsis; and Sepsis Quality Measures and Performance Improvement.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. CME Accreditation Page - p. xiii 8. Foreword - p. xv 9. Preface - p. xvii 10. Defining and Diagnosing Sepsis - p. 1 11. The New Usual Care - p. 11 12. Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy - p. 25 13. Source Identification and Source Control - p. 43 14. Fluid Resuscitation in Severe Sepsis - p. 59 15. Vasopressors and Inotropes in Sepsis - p. 75 16. End Points of Sepsis Resuscitation - p. 93 17. Ready for Prime Time? Biomarkers in Sepsis - p. 109 18. Pediatric Sepsis - p. 123 19. Sepsis in Special Populations - p. 139 20. Sepsis Resuscitation in Resource-Limited Settings - p. 159 21. Prehospital Sepsis Care - p. 175 22. Pitfalls in the Treatment of Sepsis - p. 185 23. Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Management of Sepsis - p. 199 24. The Past, Present, and Future of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Measure SEP-1: The Early Management Bundle for Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock - p. 219 25. Index - p. 233
Drs. John C. Perkins and Michael E. Winters have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Sepsis in the Emergency Department. Article topics include: Defining and Diagnosing Sepsis; Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy; Severe Sepsis Resuscitation in Resource Limited Settings; Source Control in Severe Sepsis; Considerations in Special Populations with Severe Sepsis; Pediatric Severe Sepsis Resuscitation; The New Usual Care; Prehospital Sepsis Care; Endpoints of Sepsis Resuscitation; Pitfalls in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Disposition of Severe Sepsis; Biomarkers in Sepsis; Vasopressors and Inotropes in Sepsis; and Sepsis Quality Measures and Performance Improvement.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. CME Accreditation Page - p. xiii 8. Foreword - p. xv 9. Preface - p. xvii 10. Defining and Diagnosing Sepsis - p. 1 11. The New Usual Care - p. 11 12. Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy - p. 25 13. Source Identification and Source Control - p. 43 14. Fluid Resuscitation in Severe Sepsis - p. 59 15. Vasopressors and Inotropes in Sepsis - p. 75 16. End Points of Sepsis Resuscitation - p. 93 17. Ready for Prime Time? Biomarkers in Sepsis - p. 109 18. Pediatric Sepsis - p. 123 19. Sepsis in Special Populations - p. 139 20. Sepsis Resuscitation in Resource-Limited Settings - p. 159 21. Prehospital Sepsis Care - p. 175 22. Pitfalls in the Treatment of Sepsis - p. 185 23. Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Management of Sepsis - p. 199 24. The Past, Present, and Future of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Measure SEP-1: The Early Management Bundle for Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock - p. 219 25. Index - p. 233
