Nosocomial Pneumonia (Lung Biology in Health and Disease) - Hardcover

Jarvis, William R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824703847 ISBN 13: 9780824703844

Publisher: CRC Press, 2000

Synopsis

This timely reference provides the latest information on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of nosocomial pneumonia, including risk factors, diagnostic tests used to make the definitive diagnosis, likely pathogens, and the most effective treatment options.
Contains guidelines for the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia-emphasizing selected high-risk pathogens!
Written by leading authorities in the field, Nosocomial Pneumonia

compares bacterial, mycobacterial, viral, and fungal pneumonias and defines hospital-acquired pneumonias through aspiration and contiguous spread, gastric colonization and sinusitis, infection rates, and rates of morbidity and mortality

identifies patients with key risk factors such as age, underlying disease, severe illness and/or immunosuppression, diabetes, and smoking

discusses how to reduce or eliminate device- and procedure-related risk factors, including nasogastric tubes, endotracheal tubes, mechanical ventilation, inhalation anesthesia, thoraco-abdominal surgery, and others

examines antimicrobial therapy, including penicillin, ampicillin, amox-clavulanate, cefaclor, cefurox, ceftriaxone, erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin, chloramphenicol, doxycycline, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, vancomycin, and other nonantimicrobial therapies

clarifies the role of all health care workers in the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia, including the use of gloves, gowns, masks, isolation precautions, and proper disinfection and sterilization of medical equipment

highlights unique settings and populations where control and prevention of nosocomial acquired pneumonia is essential, including operating rooms; immunocompromised patients, including neonates and pediatric patients; and ambulatory and nonambulatory patients
Nosocomial Pneumonia is a required reference for pulmonologists, physiologists, infectious disease specialists, intensivists, critical care physicians, hospital epidemiologists, clinical microbiologists, anesthesiologists, respiratory therapists, infection control professionals, nurses, pediatricians, surgeons, internists, family physicians, hospital administrators, and medical students.

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Review:

..".No other resources offer such timely, comprehensive, and focused information. It incorporates the latest data to help medical personnel diagnose and treat patients properly. "- Doody's Health Sciences Book Review, 2001 "up-to-date. well-constructed and useful. "-Respiratory Care "a useful starting point for those wishing to gain background knowledge.a good entrie into the topic. "-Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0824703847
• ISBN 13: 9780824703844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328