Handbook of Sepsis

Kapil Gangadhar Zirpe MBBS MD (Chest) FICCM FCCM FSNCCHead and Director, Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit, Grant Medical Foundation, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaSubhal Bhalchandra Dixit MD IDCCM FICCM FICP FCCMConsultant (Critical Care) and Director (ICU), Department of Critical Care, Sanjeevan and MJM Hospitals, Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaYatin Mehta MD MNAMS FRCA FAMS FIACTA FICCM FTEEChairman, Medanta Institute of Critical Care and Anaesthesiology, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, IndiaSubhash Todi MD MRCPDirector, Department of Critical Care, Manipal Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• SECTION 1: Introductory Chapters1. Applied Pathophysiology of Sepsis2. Evolution of Sepsis: Concept and Definition3. Epidemiology of SepsisSECTION 2: Initial Presentation4. Initial Evaluation of Sepsis5. Initial Resuscitation of Sepsis6. Identifying and Controlling the Source of Sepsis7. Identifying Sepsis Mimics8. Identifying and Managing Severe Tropical SepsisSECTION 3: Diagnostics9. Conventional Blood Culture: Why and How?10. Role of Rapid Molecular Diagnostics11. Biomarkers in Sepsis12. Role of Imaging in SepsisSECTION 4: Organ Dysfunction and Support13. Renal Failure in Sepsis14. Septic Encephalopathy15. Septic Coagulopathy16. Liver/Gut Dysfunction and Nutritional Support in Sepsis17. Sepsis-Induced Cardiomyopathy18. Endocrine Dysfunction and Role of Steroids in SepsisSECTION 5: Antimicrobials in Sepsis19. Managing Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infection20. Gram-Positive Bacteremia: A Review21. Appropriate Use of Antifungals22. Infections in Immunocompromised HostSECTION 6: Adjunctive Therapies in Sepsis23. Adjunctive Therapies in Sepsis