Emilio Diaz – författare

Emilio presents an engrossing story rich with samurai struggles and rich texture. He really knows how to weave a story!William J. Hall, author of The Worlds Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street

The all-powerful emperor sends Sen-hi Sakeda, a female Samurai, on a diplomatic mission to America. She travels on a merchant ship across the sea from Japan, slaying pirates as she goes. She expects a moment of respite when she arrives in San Francisco. Instead, she is thrown in prison. Her diplomatic mission was a set-up to get her out of the emperors way.

An Army officer, also trained in the Samurai way, soon rescues her. Together, they learn of a misguided plot by Native American chief, Raven Black, to usurp and take over the seat of United States military power in California. Sen-hi vows to stop Raven Black, but he has dark magic with unprecedented reach that makes him a difficult adversary.

Sen-hi traverses the epic landmarks of the Western frontier as she is pursued and hunted by Raven Black and his minions of darkness. As battles rage, Sen-hi questions whether she should go to war or find a way to peace. Will her final decision lead to victory or bloody death? It all depends on whether she can survive the spirit of evil.

Infections and their complications are a very important clinical area in the intensive care unit setting. Community-acquired infections and nosocomial infections both contribute to the high level of disease acquisition common among critically ill patients. The accurate diagnosis of nosocomial infections and the provision of appropriate therapies, including antimicrobial therapy effective against the identified agents of infection, have been shown to be important determinants of patient outcome.

Critical care practitioners are in a unique position in dealing with infectious diseases. They are often the initial providers of care to seriously ill patients with infections. Additionally, they have a responsibility to ensure that nosocomial infections are prevented and that antimicrobial resistance is minimized by prudently employing antibiotic agents. It is the editors'' hope that this book will provide clinicians practicing in the intensive care unit with a reference to help guide their care of infected patients. To that end they have brought together a group of international authors to address important topics related to infectious diseases for the critical care practitioner.

Sepsis is a very important public health problem. It is widely acknowledged that the severe inflammatory response syndrome/severe sepsis paradigm fails to stratify sepsis patients adequately. This book reviews in detail how sepsis should be managed on the basis of a novel approach to staging. The PIRO (predisposing factors, infection, response, organ dysfunction) model was first proposed at the start of the decade on a theoretical basis and has now been translated into a practical approach for use at the bedside. It is loosely based on the TNM staging system for cancers, with points being allocated to each of the four aforementioned key characteristics of the septic process. The proposed PIRO framework facilitates evaluation of factors that are important in the pathogenesis of severe sepsis and in the development of treatment strategies. This book clearly explains the advantages of the PIRO approach in different settings and will be of value to all practitioners concerned with the management of sepsis.