Sepsis, Kidney and Multiple Organ Dysfunction

by Claudio Ronco and Alessandra Brendolan

Severe sepsis is among the most common causes of death in the United States and the most common cause of death in the Intensive Care Units worldwide, and its recognition and treatment remain the most important challenges of critical care medicine. Severe sepsis and septic shock have a profound effect on kidney function and the function of other organs through complex mechanisms, which involve the immune response, multiple pro and anti-inflammatory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3805577559
• ISBN13: 9783805577557
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.