Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome: New Theories, New Perspectives, New Technologies

Author: Li Baochun
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book is divided into 19 chapters, elaborating on the new theories, perspectives, and technologies regarding multiple organ failure (MOF) in recent years both domestically and internationally. It focuses on introducing the basic concepts, triggering factors, classification methods, diagnostic criteria, scoring systems, clinical staging, treatment techniques, and methods of MOF. It explores theories, analyzes perspectives, and evaluates technologies regarding harmful conditions and MOF, the formation theories of MOF, immunological issues, sepsis and nitric oxide, the role of MOF-related substances, cellular immune regulation, and critical monitoring. From a clinical practical perspective, it introduces complications associated with MOF, the causes, mechanisms, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment methods of functional failure in various systems, the significance of enteral nutrition and immunonutrients, the early diagnostic value of procalcitonin and neopterin testing, treatment issues of MOF, infection problems, transitional biology and genetic susceptibility, blood purification techniques, organ function support, research progress in MOF, and treatment directions for SIRS and MODS. It can serve as an important reference for both basic and clinical research on MOF, as well as a textbook for graduate and advanced training students in related fields.