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Edited by Jean-François Dhainaut, Lambertus G. Thijs, and Gilbert Park. 590 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2000. $120. ISBN 0-7020-1773-6.

Septic shock is difficult to define, difficult to investigate, and even more difficult to treat (mortality rates are greater than 50 percent). For these reasons, septic shock has become the bête noire of an entire generation of intensive care physicians. This book explores the subject from two broad viewpoints: pathophysiology and clinical management.

The book is multiauthored and has a distinctly Gallic flavor: most of the contributors are from France, and a few are from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It contains a wealth of information and is more a reference book on critical care than an account of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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