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Antibiotic Considerations for the Medical Resident - Reference Cheatsheet

Dr. Jesse Burk-Rafel @jbrafel

#Antibiotics #Management #Cheatsheet #Pharmacology #Guide
Antibiotic Considerations ... Burk-Rafel @jbrafel #Antibiotics ... #Management #Cheatsheet ... #Pharmacology # ... Guide #Inpatient #Empiric
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
Recommendations for empirical ... IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... Antimicrobials #Empiric ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology ... #Management
Antibiotic Sensitivities
Note that this chart is one of empiric bacterial sensitivities. However, with time antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic Sensitivities ... chart is one of empiric ... However, with time antibiotic ... Sensitivities #pharmacology ... #antibiogram #management
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
circuit and start empiric ... Responds quickly to empiric ... improvement after empiric ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis ... #management
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... selecting the best empiric ... #antibiogram #antibiotics ... infectiousdiseases #management ... #pharmacology #
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Treatment: • Empiric ... antibiotics ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Coverage of common antibiotics ... hospital For empiric ... ampicillin #management ... infectiousdisease #antibiotics ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Approach to Suspected Meningitis - Empiric Management Algorithm

 • Alarm Symptoms (FAILS)
 • Empiric Antibiotics
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Suspected Meningitis - Empiric ... Management Algorithm ... Symptoms (FAILS) • Empiric ... Antibiotics • ... #diagnosis #Algorithm
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... - 2 days after empirical ... antibiotic therapy ... Peritonitis #SBP #Diagnosis
Stress Dose Steroids - Indications and Dosing

SUPPRESSED HPA AXIS:
 prednisone >20mg/day x 3 weeks or more
Indications #Dosing #Endocrinology ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pharmacology