Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Strategies for Management - Market Research Reports - Research and Markets

Printer Friendly

Printed from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/666665

Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Strategies for Management

Description:

- Most up to date book dedicated specifically to this most common respiratory infection
- Authors are well-known experts in the field
- Addresses a major management issue in respiratory medicine and critical care
- Reviews important new advances in therapeutics, including drug resistance

Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) refers to pneumonia acquired outside of hospitals or extended-care facilities, and is distinct from Nosocomial or hospital-acquired pneumonia, which is a separate disease entity. It is one of the most common respiratory infections and presents one of the major health problems today, with an incidence that ranges from eight to fifty cases per thousand individuals each year. Mortality is still very high and yet the risk factors are very well known. Many of these are related to antibiotic treatment; delay in administration, inadequacy of empiric antibiotics and lack of adherence to guidelines for treatment are all clearly associated with poor treatment outcomes.

Following a description of the epidemiology and microbial etiology of ambulatory and hospitalized CAP, this book provides an in-depth review of the important new advances in therapeutics, including management of drug resistance to the three major classes of antibiotics used for treatment of CAP: ß-lactams, macrolides and quinolones. All of them have advantages and disadvantages and these are put into perspective. This book highlights guideline recommendations and presents a balanced analysis to help physicians deliver the highest standard of care. In addition, the authors provide an insight into the 10% of patients who do not respond to antibiotics and could benefit from adjunctive therapies, some still under review.

This volume will be welcomed by pulmonologists and all clinicians involved in managing community-acquired pneumonia.

Contents:

Preface
List of Contributors

1 Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Outside Hospital (Theo JM Verheij)

2 Epidemiology of Adult Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Mark Woodhead)

3 Microbial Aetiology and Antibiotic Resistances in

Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Gerard Huchon)

4 Microbiological Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Margareta Ieven)

5 Empirical Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Current Guidelines (Javier Aspa, Olga Rajas, Felipe Rodr´iguez de Castro, Jos´e Blanquer and Antoni Torres)

6 Pathogen Directed Antimicrobial Treatment of Pneumonia (Santiago Ewig and S¨oren Gatermann)

7 General Pharmacological Considerations in Antibiotic Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Francesco Blasi, Mario Cazzola and Paolo Tarsia)

8 ß-Lactams in the Therapy of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Michael S. Niederman)

9 Macrolides and Ketolides (Javier Garau)

10 Role of Fluoroquinolones in the Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Tobias Welte)

11 Non-Responding Pneumonia (Rosario Menendez)

12 Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination for Prevention of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults (Ake Ortqvist)

13 Adjunctive Therapy in Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Anna P. Lam and Richard G. Wunderink)

Index

Ordering:

Order Online - visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/666665

Order by Fax - using the order form below

Order By Post - print the order form below and send to

Research and Markets,
Guinness Centre,
Taylors Lane,
Dublin 8,
Ireland.

Page 1 of 2
Printed 13/02/2012 06:01:23

Fax Order Form
To place an order via fax simply print this form, fill in the information below and fax the completed form to
646-607-1907 (from USA) or +353 1 6849977 (from Rest of World). If you have any questions please email help@researchandmarkets.net

Order information
Please verify that the product information is correct and select the format you require.


Product Name:
Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Strategies for Management
Web Address:
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/666665
Office Code:
OC8IHINLSNNSS

Report formats
Please enter the quantity of the report format you require.

	Format	Quantity	Price
	Hard Copy (Hard Back)		€114.00 + EUR€ 25.00 Shipping/Handling *

* Shipping/Handling is only charged once per order.

Contact information
Please enter all the information below in BLOCK CAPITALS.


	First Name:	Last Name:
	Email Address:
	Job Title:
	Organisation:
	Address:
	City:
	Postal/Zip Code:
	Country:
	Phone Number:
	Fax Number:

Please fax this form to:
(646) 607-1907 or (646) 964-6609 (from USA)
+353-1-481-1716 or +353-1-653-1571 (from Rest of World)

Page 2 of 2
Printed 13/02/2012 06:01:23

Payment information

Please indicate the payment method you would like to use by selecting the appropriate box.

Pay by Credit Card:

	American Express
	Diners Club
	Master Card
	Visa


Cardholder's Name:

Cardholder's Signature:

Expiry Date:	/

Card Number:

CVV Security Code:

Issue Date:	/ (Diners Club only)

Pay by Check:

Please post the check, accompanied by this form, to:

Research and Markets,
Guinness Centre,
Taylors Lane,
Dublin 8,
Ireland.

Pay by Wire Transfer:

Please transfer funds to:


Account number:	83313083
Sort code:	98-53-30
Swift code:	ULSBIE2D
IBAN number:	IE78ULSB98533083313083
Bank Address:	Ulster Bank, 27-35 Main St, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

If you have a Marketing Code please enter it below:
	Marketing Code:

Please note that by ordering from Research and Markets you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions at http://www.researchandmarkets.com/info/terms.asp

Please fax this form to:
(646) 607-1907 or (646) 964-6609 (from USA)
+353-1-481-1716 or +353-1-653-1571 (from Rest of World)