Download or read book Sepsis, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, E-Book written by Julie A. Bastarache and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-06-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Sepsis. Articles include: The changing epidemiology and definition of sepsis; risk stratification and prognosis in sepsis: what have we learned from biomarkers and microarrays?; Sepsis outside the ICU: development and implementation of sepsis alert systems; The use of ultrasound in caring for the septic patient; Sepsis resuscitation: Fluid choice and dose; Beyond the golden hours: caring for the septic patient after the initial resuscitation; Vasopressors during sepsis: selection and targets; Dysglycemia and glucose control during sepsis; Cardiac function and dysfunction in sepsis;Goal Directed Resuscitation in Septic Shock; and more!