| Infection Control in Intensive Care Units by Selective Decontamination: The Use of Oral Non-Absorbable and Parenteral Agents Contributor(s): Saene, Hendrik K. F. Van (Editor), Stoutenbeek, C. P. (Editor), Lawin, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540510419 ISBN-13: 9783540510413 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Critical Care - Medical | Anesthesiology - Medical | Emergency Medicine |
| Dewey: 616.028 |
| Series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.90 lbs) 235 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Selective decontamination is a technique which combines short-term and long-term antimicrobials to prevent or treat the acquisition and subsequent carriage of microorganisms causing late colonization and infections. The antimicrobials are selective in that they leave the indigenous, mostly anaerobic flora more or less intact, whilst the effective decontamination provides a genuine breakthrough in the endogenous route of pathogenesis. The improvements in decontamination techniques presented here offer significant reduction in infection related morbidity and mortality among trauma patients. |