Update 1989 [Paperback]

This book presents a comprehensive survey in which internationally recognized experts discuss specific topics. The wide spectrum of experimental and clinical investigations include the pathophysiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. Update 1989 represents the series' continuous effort to combine the most recent developments in one reference source for all those involved in cardiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, anesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine.Mediators in Multiple Organ Failure.- Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure: Pathogenesis and Treatment.- TNF and Septic Shock.- Role of Neutrophils and Macrophages in Multiple Organ Failure.- Role of Neutrophils in Critically Ill Patients: Myeloperoxidase, a Specific Marker of Their Activation.- Acute Lung Injury: Role of Lipid Peroxidation.- The Role of the Contact System in the Pathophysiology of ARDS.- Acute Respiratory Failure.- Acute Respiratory Failure: Current Concepts.- Re-Evaluation of Starling Forces Balance and Lymphatic Clearance in the Lung.- Bedside Measurement of Extravascular Lung Water.- Serum Markers in Acute Lung Injury.- PGE1 for Prevention and Treatment of ARDS After Surgery.- Sudden Asphyxia in Asthma.- Salt and Water Disorders in Mechanically-Ventilated and Critically Ill Neonates.- The Role of Infection in the Premature and Adult with Lung Injury.- Atypical Pneumonia in the ICU.- Septic Problems.- Pathogenesis of Gram-negative Bacterial Infections.- Plasma Fibronectin in Septic Critically Ill Patients.- Nosocomial Sinusitis in Intensive Care Patients.- Acquired Infections in the ICU: The Current Status of Selective Decontamination.- Device-Related Infections.- Judicious Use of Antibiotics in Critically Ill Patients.- O2-Metabolism.- Continuous Measurement of Pulmonary Gas Exchange During Mechanical Ventilation.- Monitoring of Energy Expenditure.- Cellular Response to Hypoxia.- Skeletal Muscle PO2 Assessment in Shock.- Optimal Levels Oxygen Transport in CriticallÃ^