Handbook of Sepsis (PDF)

Dr. Wiersinga is Professor of Medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam. In addition, he serves as clinical lecturer for biomedical science and medicine studies, and Principal Investigator at the Center for Experimental Molecular Medicine (CEMM), University of Amsterdam. His research centers on the pathogenesis of sepsis with a special interest in pneumonia, melioidosis and the gut microbiome. He is member of several guidelines on the management of patients with pneumonia and sepsis. Parameters of esteem include the ESCMID Young Investigator Award, the O'Callaghan PhD award and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Intensive Care Global Rising Star Award. He coordinates the EU Marie Curie ITN European Sepsis Academy.

Dr. Seymour is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is a core faculty member in the Clinical Research and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) Center. Over the past 5 years, he has led numerous clinical and translational studies involving sepsis, biomarkers, and large electronic health record databases and received funding for his research from the National Institutes of Health. He has served on international clinical guideline committees and panels that focus on the definition and management of sepsis. Among many accolades, he has received early career investigator awards from the American Thoracic Society and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Intensive Care.

“This book provides the reader with the context on which sepsis care has been built, a review of current management, as well as a discussion of future trends. It would be a welcomed addition to a bookshelf of any trainee, health professional, or basic/clinical researcher who seek to immerse themselves into this complex and well-studied disease entity. It is concise and lends itself as an excellent, yet intimate, introduction into this vast topic area.” (Vatsal Trivedi and Manoj M. Lalu, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 128 (2), February, 2019)

“Encompassing 16 chapters and 267 pages, the Handbook of Sepsis provides an up-to-date overview of the enigmatic clinical syndrome of sepsis. … Asides from the text itself, clearly labelled colour diagrams and figures aid the process of learning, and well-defined tables are also interspersed throughout the book which can be referred to independently, without interrupting the flow of the main script.” (Ned Gilbert-Kawai, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol. 79 (7), July, 2018)