The method was/is to simulate for readers an infectious diseases expert at their side. Sections of the book were set up to reflect how we sort through problems: first by organ-based clinical syndromes that lead to construction and honing of a differential diagnosis; then by a compendium of potential bacterial, viral, fungal and protozoal pathogens, their epidemiology, clinical propensities, diagnostic tests, optimal management and prevention. Other sections were set up to serve as primers as well as blueprints for policy to control and prevent infectious diseases in the community and in the healthcare setting, to use laboratory tests to support clinical thinking, and antimicrobial agents for their greatest benefit. MORE
important periprocedural myocardial injury after cardiac surgery, but consensus recommendations regarding the threshold levels range widely (from >10 times to ≥70 times the upper reference limit for the assay). MORE
Robert Rutherford MD was an iconic leader in the history of vascular surgery in this country and internationally. This book, which is one of his many contributions to the field, carries on his legacy of leadership as the preeminent, most definitive, and encyclopedic and most widely respected text in the field of vascular surgical disease. This text is truly unique in the field in its multidisciplinary and international authorship, and its up-to-date comprehensive coverage of the art and science of circulatory disease. Dr. Sidawy and I as co-editors have been honored to be entrusted with the legacy of the Rutherford textbook, and have focused our energy on maintaining the highest quality of coverage of the field, while improving the presentation and value for the readership in the 10th edition through a very contemporary approach. MORE
