Three volumes contain the contributions of the Third International Congress on the Immune Consequences of Trauma, Shock and Sepsis (Munich). Volume I is dedicated to basic mechanisms, inflammation, and tissue injury, volume II and III to concepts, clinical correlates, therapy. Part one offers a basic approach to the problems of injury, sepsis, illness operations: necessary informations for surgery, intensive care, emergency medicine, and other clinical areas. Part II and III is more clinical and therapeutic.