This volume contains contributions by well-known scientistsand clinicians in the fields of microbiology, infectiousdiseases, physiology, internal medicine, surgery,anaesthesiology, and intensive care medicine.It provides an up-to-date overview of the mediators andpathophysology of sepsis and septic shock as well as thelatest therapeutic approaches.

This volume contains contributions by well-known scientistsand clinicians in the fields of microbiology, infectiousdiseases, physiology, internal medicine, surgery,anaesthesiology, and intensive care medicine.It provides an up-to-date overview of the mediators andpathophysology of sepsis and septic shock as well as thelatest therapeutic approaches.