Antibiotics - EMCrit Project
Broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotics with a range of potential applications, particularly for nosocomial infections (e.g., pneumonia, intra-abdominal infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, soft tissue infections).
Table of Contents - EMCrit Project
2024年3月7日 · The Internet Book of Critical Care is an online textbook written by Josh Farkas (@PulmCrit), an associate professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Vermont.
IBCC chapter: Antibiotics for the critically ill patient - EMCrit Project
2019年1月24日 · In septic shock, source control and correct antibiotic selection are probably the two variables most strongly related to survival. This chapter attempts to lay out salient properties of antibiotics commonly used in critically ill patients.
Lung abscess - cmefix.emcrit.org
2024年1月10日 · Antibiotics Antibiotics for anaerobic abscess due to aspiration; Antibiotics for other types of lung abscess; Drainage; Treatment failure; ... We are the EMCrit Project, a team of independent medical bloggers and podcasters joined together by our common love of cutting-edge care, iconoclastic ramblings, and FOAM.
Clostridioides (prev: clostridium) difficile - cmefix.emcrit.org
2022年7月30日 · #1. avoid/limit antibiotics. Recent guidelines have pared back the use of prophylactic antibiotics for most indications.; Emerging evidence suggests that the duration of antibiotic courses may often be reduced.; Procalcitonin measurement within the appropriate context may help reduce antibiotic exposure.; Antibiotics shouldn't be used blindly except under specific circumstances (e.g., septic ...
Acute Pancreatitis (including hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis)
2021年9月28日 · Antibiotics should generally be avoided during the first week, with the following exceptions: (1) The diagnosis of pancreatitis is unclear and there is concern for septic shock with a focus of infection elsewhere. (2) The patient has coexisting ascending cholangitis (which is a true bacterial infection and requires decompression & antibiotics).
Community acquired urosepsis - EMCrit Project
2024年7月25日 · Community-acquired uroseptic shock can often be treated using a single antibiotic. Below are the preferred options. However, as always, antibiotic selection will also depend on prior culture results, drug allergies, and local antibiograms.
Antibiotic prophylaxis in injury: an American Association for the ...
2024年6月3日 · In this clinical consensus document, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Critical Care Committee aims to provide practical guidance to the surgical intensivist on the best practices in the assessment and prophylaxis of adult trauma patients, ≥16 years of age, at risk for infection due to their injuries sustained.
Considerations for Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy in Sepsis and …
Empiric therapy is generally defined as the initial antibiotic regimen selected in the absence of definitive microbiological pathogen identification and susceptibility testing. This is opposed to targeted or definitive therapy that is the antibiotic regimen selected after pathogen identification and susceptibility testing is completed.
Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy in Critically Ill Septic Patients
2021年10月27日 · The empiric regimen should be initiated within the first hour of diagnosis and determined by assessing patient and epidemiological risk factors, likely source of infection based on presenting signs and symptoms, and severity of illness.
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