Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Critical Care Medicine

Cheston B. Cunha, MD, FACP is Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is also an attending in adult infectious disease in the Division of Infectious Diseases is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University Alpert School of Medicine. Dr. Cunha has written/co-written 51 articles, 53 book chapters and 7 books. He has been an Editor of Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotic Essentials (15th, 16th Edition), Clinical Infectious Diseases (3rd Edition), and Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine and Antibiotic Stewardship (4th Edition). He has been an annual recipient of the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award from the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Burke A. Cunha, MD, MACP is Chief, Infectious Disease Division at NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, New York and Professor of Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on antimicrobial therapy and clinical infectious diseases. He has written/edited 1355 articles, 221 book chapters, and 36 books. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Aesculapius Award for teaching excellence and the Spatz Award for clinical excellence. Dr. Cunha is a Master of the American College of Physicians, awarded for lifetime achievement as a Master Clinician and Master Teacher.

Foreword. Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the Third Edition. Preface to the Fourth Edition. Editors. Contributors. CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT. Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Problem Solving. Clinical Approach to Fever in the Critical Care Unit. Physical Exam Clues and Their Mimics in Infectious Diseases in the Critical Care Unit. Ophthalmologic Clues to Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Radiology of Infectious Diseases and Their Potential Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Non-specific Laboratory Tests in the Critical Care Unit. Infections and Their Mimics in Returning Travelers in the Critical Care Unit. Diagnostic Approach to Rash and Fever in the Critical Care Unit. Severe Tick-Borne Infections and Their Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. CLINICAL SYNDROMIC APPROACH IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT. The Clinical Approach to Sepsis and Its Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Its Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Encephalitis and Its Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Critical Care Unit. Legionnaire’s Disease and Severe Pneumonia Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Severe Influenza Pneumonia and Its Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Severe Non-influenza Viral Pneumonia in the Critical Care Unit. Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Critical Care Unit. Central Venous Catheter Infection in the Critical Care Unit. Acute Infective Endocarditis and Its Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Diagnostic Approach to Myocarditis in the Critical Care Unit. Intra-Abdominal Surgical Infections and Their Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Clostridium difficile and Its Mimics in the Critical Care Unit. Diagnostic Approach to Fulminant Hepatitis in the Critical Care Unit. Diagnostic Approach to Acute Kidney Injury in the Critical Care Unit. CLINICAL APPROACH TO INFECTIONS IN COMPROMISED HOSTS IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT. Overwhelming Post-Splenectomy Infections in the Critical Care Unit. Infections in Cirrhosis in the Critical Care Unit. Febrile Neutropenia in the Critical Care Unit. Infections Related to Steroids and Immunosuppressive Agents in the Critical Care Unit. Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Admitted to the Critical Care Unit. Care of Critically Ill Patients with HIV. ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY AND ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT. Principles of Antibiotic Stewardship in the Critical Care Unit. Colonization, Infection, and Resistance in the Critical Care Unit. Rapid Infectious Diseases Diagnostics in the Critical Care Unit. Antibiotic Therapy of Multidrug Resistant Organisms in the Critical Care Unit. Antibiotic Therapy in the Penicillin-Allergic Patient in the Critical Care Unit. Adverse Reactions to Antibiotics in the Critical Care Unit. Antibiotic Dosage Adjustment in Renal Insufficiency and Hemodialysis in the Critical Care Unit. Antibiotic Failure: Apparent or Actual in the Critical Care Unit. Index.