Advances in Critical Care Testing The 2002 IFCC-Roche Diagnostics Award [Paperback]

 

Advances in Critical Care Testing contains clinical and laboratory studies related to critically ill patients involving new technology, therapy, and application or interpretation of new tests. The subject matter of the book is of interest to both clinicans and laboratory scientists with a wide range of topics including inflammation, infection, stress, hypoxia, ischaemia, cardiology, haemodynamics, blood gases, electrolytes, trace elements, nephrology, gastroenterology, haematology and new technologies.

Apoptosis In Sepsis And Multiple Organ Dysfunction Snydrome.- Plasma Procalcitonin And C-Reactive Protein In Acute Septic Shock: Clinical And Biological Correlates.- Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor And Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Function During Critical Illness.- Early Identification Of High Risk Critically Ill Patients And Comparison With Acute Physiology Scores For Predicting Outcome.- 4G/5G Promoter Polymorphism In The Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Gene In Children With Systemic Meningococcaemia 65.- Quantification Of Viral Genomes In Immunocompromised Patients.- Haptoglobin Polymorphism And Mortality In Patients With Tuberculosis.- Phospholipases A2 Levels And Distribution In Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Of Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Application Of A Fluorimetric Method.- Magnesium In The ICU.- Single-Point Troponin T Measurement On The Day Of Coronary Care Unit Discharge After Myocardial Infarction Strongly Correlates With Ejection Fraction And Infarct Size By Nuclear Imaging And With CK-MB Release.- Soluble Adhesion Molecules In Acute Stroke.- Monitoring Of The Renal Functions During Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy  The Application Of The Analysis Of Cystatin C And Natriuretic Peptides.- Serum Levels Of Soluble Transferrin Receptors (sTfR) Correlate Better With Severity Of Disease Than With Iron Stores In Patients With Malignant Lymphomas.- l³*