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Infections in Intensive Care Unit |
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| Authors: |
Nakos, Georgios Karachaliou, Angeliki Kitsakos, Athanasios Koulouras, Vasileios Kostanti, Eleonora Lachana, Alexandra Papathanakos, Georgios Papathanasiou, Athanasios Stamati, Vasiliki Tigkas, Stylianos Tsagkaris, Iraklis |
| Reviewer: |
Armaganidis, Apostolos |
| Subject: | MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > CLINICAL MEDICINE > THERAPEUTICS > CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > INTERNAL MEDICINE |
| Keywords: |
Intensive Care Unit Infections
Multidrug Resistant Microorganisms |
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| Abstract: |
In this chapter we will discuss the most frequent infections in the ICU. Issues that will be covered in subchapters: Strategies to prevent the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in intensive care unit, urinary truct infection, pneumonia, empyema and preural effusion, intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infection, infectious diarrhea, meningitis
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| Table of Contents: |
5. 1. Epidemiology
5. 2. Prevalence of drug-resistant organisms 5.2.1. Risk factors for resistant infections 5.2.2. Outcome of multidrug-resistant infections 5.2.3. Strategies to prevent the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria 5.2.4. Signs of infection 5.3. Urinary truct infection 5.4. Pneumonia 5.5. Empyema and preural effusion 5.6. Intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infection 5.7. Infectious diarrhea 5.8. Meningitis Bibliography/References Evaluation criteria |
| Linguistic Editors: |
Koutsouki, Spyridoula |
| Technical Editors: |
Giannakeas, Nikolaos |
| Type: |
Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 2015 |
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| License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/881 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Nakos, G., Karachaliou, A., Kitsakos, A., Koulouras, V., Kostanti, E., Lachana, A., Papathanakos, G., Papathanasiou, A., Stamati, V., Tigkas, S., & Tsagkaris, I. (2015). Infections in Intensive Care Unit [Chapter]. In Nakos, G., Karachaliou, A., Kitsakos, A., Koulouras, V., Kostanti, E., Lachana, A., Papathanakos, G., Papathanasiou, A., Stamati, V., Tigkas, S., & Tsagkaris, I. 2015. Emergency treatment [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/881 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Emergency treatment |
| Number of pages |
23 |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |