Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Infectious diseases in the paediatric intensive care unit. | Available online http content 12 4 306 Book report Infectious diseases in the paediatric intensive care unit Walter Zingg and Stephan Harbarth Infection Control Program University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine 24 Rue Micheli-du-Crest CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland Corresponding author Stephan Harbarth Published 25 July 2008 Critical Care 2008 12 306 doi cc6955 This article is online at http content 12 4 306 2008 BioMed Central Ltd Nadel S Infectious Diseases in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. 1st edition. London Springer 2008 580 pp. ISBN 978 1 846 28916 3 Infectious Diseases in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is a comprehensive collection of infectious disease topics in the paediatric intensive care unit PICU and in the neonatal intensive care unit NICU written by different experts. The chapters cover a broad range of interest from the development of the immune system to diagnosis treatment and prophylaxis of various infectious diseases including sepsis. The chapters on immunology including the immunosuppressed host - with abundant information about congenital immunodeficiencies and HIV - are more comprehensive than other topics covered. There is further emphasis on potentially life-threatening tropical infections such as malaria dengue tetanus and Japanese encephalitis. The purpose of the book is to provide a comprehensive overview of infectious diseases in critically ill neonates and infants. The scope of the book is broad and it aims to provide information on pathophysiology as well as to serve as a practical manual on diagnosis therapy and prevention of infectious diseases in the PICU and the NICU. Infectious Diseases in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is primarily directed at physicians working with children in intensive care facilities who are not infectious diseases specialists. Most chapters of the book could also reach out to a larger audience including medical students and .
