Septic Shock

From Pathophysiology to Patient Care

Nissar Shaikh

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9780850147087
• Print ISBN:
  9780850147094
• Topic: Medicina

Sepsis and septic shock are global health crises affecting millions of people every year. One person dies every 2.8 seconds due to sepsis and septic shock complications. Twenty percent of all deaths worldwide are associated with sepsis, septic shock and its complications. A delay in detecting and treating sepsis and septic shock increases the risk of mortality. This book simplifies the detection and management of sepsis and septic shock to ensure that this clinical emergency is diagnosed and managed earlier. This septic shock book is composed of chapters that are related to the diagnosis, effects on various organs, and management of sepsis and septic shock. It is well-written by experts from their respective fields and different clinical settings. The chapters are written in simple and understandable language. This book will help increase the awareness of sepsis, and it will be equally helpful to medical and paramedical staff, as well as juniors and experts in the field of the management of sepsis and septic shock.

Table of contents

• Septic Shock - From Pathophysiology to Patient Care
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter1 HaveYou Seen CINMA in Sepsis? An Update on Critical Illness Neuromuscular Abnormalities
• Chapter2 Anesthesia and Septic Shock: Pharmacological Approaches and Applications
• Chapter3 AI-Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment of Septic Shock
• Chapter4 Extracorporeal Blood Purification in Sepsis and Septic Shock
• Chapter5 Maternal Sepsis: Updates on Diagnosis and Management
• Chapter6 Pathophysiology of Septic Shock
• Chapter7 Pathophysiology of Sepsis: A Potential Pathway for Defining Distinct Clinical Phenotypes and Potential Targeted Therapies Including Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
• Chapter8 Clinical and Laboratory Parameters as Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Sepsis in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units
• Chapter9 Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy: From Pathophysiology to Patient Care
• Chapter10 Sepsis Associated Acute Kidney Injury
• Chapter11 Septic Shock and Myocardial Dysfunction
• Chapter12 Septic Shock: Pathophysiology to Patient Care
• Chapter13 Experimental Animal Models of Septic Shock and Sepsis: An Overview
• Chapter14 Optimizing Initial Resuscitation: Clinical and Perfusion Parameters in Septic Shock
• Chapter15 Melatonin-Mediated Protection against Sepsis-Induced Organ Dysfunction