Fatal Sequence: The Killer Within
Fatal Sequence: The Killer Within Books
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The human body is capable of killing itself for small apparent reason, and it happens often enough to rank as the third most common cause of death in the United States today. Kevin Tracey, a neurosurgeon, immunologist, and highly regarded scientist, offers in Fatal Sequence an easily understandable account of the medical and scientific “perfect storm” that is severe sepsis, the medical crisis that can descend on patients fighting off even seemingly nonfatal illness or injury. Severe sepsis killed “Muppets” creator Jim Henson, who had been hospitalized for pneumonia, and took the life of Christopher Reeve, who was being treated for pressure sores of the skin.
Fatal Sequence tells the tale of Janice, a one-year-ancient who arrives in the emergency room, burned by boiling water after she crawled behind her unsuspecting grandmother as she turned from the stove. She survives the night, but the following morning is only the beginning of her long and intense battle hostile to severe sepsis, as her body attacks itself. Tracey, who cared for the girl during her four weeks in intensive care, draws on her case to acutely illustrate why sepsis happens, in a sensitive, suspenseful tale that renders cold-edge science human, accessible, and unforgettable.
Fatal Sequence tells the tale of Janice, a one-year-ancient who arrives in the emergency room, burned by boiling water after she crawled behind her unsuspecting grandmother as she turned from the stove. She survives the night, but the following morning is only the beginning of her long and intense battle hostile to severe sepsis, as her body attacks itself. Tracey, who cared for the girl during her four weeks in intensive care, draws on her case to acutely illustrate why sepsis happens, in a sensitive, suspenseful tale that renders cold-edge science human, accessible, and unforgettable.
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I exposed this book three years ago, quite by accident, and it clarified–in readable language and comfortable style–EXACTLY what had happened to my body when I came within moments of death in late ‘04 and early ‘05. Mine weren’t burn wounds like Janice’s, but treated the same–the result of a tiny (less than 1/2 inch), single dog bite that injected a bacteria into my bloodstream. My lungs “failed” (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome–ARDS)and started a administer that led to a near-fatal clotting disorder, multi-organ failure, gangrene and amputation of four fingers and the front halves of both feet; skin and stout necrosis (blackening, rotting) from my waist down (eventually excised–carved off–nearly to bone, from knees to ankles of both legs); extensive skin grafts (taken from my back), dramatic scarring, and limited ability to stand or walk. In a burn ward, like Janice in the book, there were brief moments of eloquence over a period of nearly three months, during which I repeatedly questioned, “What happened to me?” Thanks to Kevin Tracy’s “Fatal Sequence,” I now painstakingly know the “domino effect” of severe sepsis and its all-too-common, tragic ending. Readers might accurately conclude, after reading this book, that in obituaries such terms as “pneumonia” or “brief illness” are euphamisms for SEPSIS that leads so quickly to demise. “Fatal Sequence” explores and reveals body functions and self-contained back-up systems of which few people are aware . . . until they fail. I revere my two copies and highly urge this book for folks still asking, “What happened?” and for any medical professional who has lost a patient to “infection,” despite the best knowledge, resources, technology, treatment, and care. It is a simple, yet technically sound play-by-play account of the body’s own dying administer. Remarkable.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book was truly wonderful to read. I was concerned that the medical aspect of the book would confuse me and place me scratching my head, but that certainly was not the case. The book gives very clear and easily understandable explanations of complex thoughts. This makes the book that much more enjoyable. The tale of Janice is extremely emotional and so well written that you feel like you are in the sickbay with her, her family and the medical team. I was expecting a lot from this book and it did not dissapoint. I still reckon about this book long after I’ve read it. It certainly makes you reckon and the thoughts and scenes from the book stay with you for quite some time. It is an extremely powerful book and you feel emotionally drained by the time your finished reading it. I would urge this book to anyone and everyone.
Rating: 5 / 5
About two thirds of this book is the tale of Janice, an eleven months ancient girl who was admitted to the sickbay with burns over 75% of her body. Her life expectancy with this much burn was about 25%, unlikely to survive the first night. But she did. She was recovering until her body started destroying itself. The name of her shape up is severe sepsis.
Anyone with a child will shed tears as they read the struggles Janice’s small body made hostile to the infection and her own out of control immune system. But with Dr. Tracey this was a life changing experience as his experience with Janice’s fight made him choose a life of scientific research into severe sepsis.
The remaining third of the book discussion about the research Dr. Tracey and his associates have conducted in the later years and serves as a preliminary finding as to what they have exposed, the status of the research, and the hope for the future.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is wonderful book for the general broadcast and requires small knowledge of medicine. It is written as a journal followed by a discussion and relates how a physician’s compassion for a dying child leads to an vital discovery in neuroimmunology. The book also describes in relatively simple terms the administer of science and the steps caught up in this discovery. At the end, Dr. Tracey introduces a medical theory called “the cytokine theory of disease,” to clarify many therapeutic effects experimental in conventional and alternative medicine. Overall, this is a incredible book that anyone interested in a apt a healthcare source should read.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book, Fatal Sequence, is highly not compulsory reading for everyone. The in rank about sepsis is so pertinent that anyone who reads this book would benefit from the knowledge you receive. Dr.Kevin J. Tracey is world reknowned. He is a neurosurgeon, an immnnologist and a highly regarded scientist. Dr. Tracey’s genuis is the ability to write about why sepsis happens in an understandable way. Sepsis is so common that it happens to someone in everyone’s family. Many with non fatal illness or injury die of sepsis so often that it is the thrid most common cause of death in our hospitals. It is a must for understanding what happens to us when we get sick. This is a suspensful tale that is so well written that you will savor each page. I judge,”Fatal Sequence the killer within”, should be a must for all best seller list. Please read this book and write your own review.
Thank you, Dr. Tracey for making a difference
Sincerely,
Alice E. Oliva
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Thank you, Dr. Tracey for making a difference.
Please read this book and write your own review.
I urge you to please read this book and write your own review.
Rating: 5 / 5