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Specific antibiotic in-hospital treatment for community-acquired bacterial meningitis

#bacterial #meningitis #management #antibiotics #therapy #treatment #table #duration #empiric
Specific antibiotic ... treatment for community-acquired ... bacterial #meningitis #management ... #antibiotics #therapy ... #treatment #table
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
acquired pneumonia ... CRB65=0 7 days • Community ... acquired pneumonia ... #management #durations ... outpatient #treatment #pharmacology
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Treatment of with Community-Acquired ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... #Regimen #Management ... #Guidelines #pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Acquired Pneumonia ... SCAP severe community-acquired ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
severe community-onset ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... Vancomycin #Community ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Coverage #Management
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
• Cardiogenic: Acute ... MI, Acute Heart ... vasoactive drug pharmacology ... inopressors #diagnosis #management ... #comparison #table
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
of Factor IX Acquired ... malnutrition, Antibiotics ... DIC - Septic shock ... catastrophes, Acute ... Deficiencies #Summary #table
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Community water-borne ... Hospitalization required ... #Acute #Diarrhea ... #management #algorithm
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... on ABx) → Acute ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

BACTRIM/SEPTRA (TMP/SMX) - inhibit sequential steps in Folate synthesis --> bacteriostatic

Spectrum: Wide
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics ... prophylaxis), Community-acquired ... Traveler’s diarrhea, acute ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics