Management of Sepsis: the PIRO Approach

• PIRO: The Key to Success?.- Risk Stratification in Server Sepsis: Organ Failure scores or PIRO?.- Community-Acquired Pneumonia Management Based on the PIRO System. A New Therapeutic Paradigm.- Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia PIRO Score.- A PIRO-Based Approach for Severity Assessment in Community-Acquired Pneumonia.- Real-Time PCR in Microbiology: From Diagnosis to Characterization.- Influence of Serotype in Pneumococcal Disease: A New Challenge for Vaccination.- Acute Kidney Injury and Extracorporeal Blood Purification in Sepsis.- Immunoglobulin, Sepsis, and Pneumonia.- Coagulation Disorders in Sepsis.- Antibiotics in Severe Sepsis: Which Combinations Work?.

From the reviews: "This brief monograph describes the PIRO staging system ... in the evaluation of severe infection along with current management of infection. Topics related to evaluation and management in sepsis are provided. Senior trainees and practitioners in academic settings are an appropriate audience for this work ... . Line drawings and color highlights reproduce with excellent quality and good use is made of graphs and tables. ... This is a worthwhile introduction to some of the recent developments in scoring and management of sepsis." (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, October, 2009)