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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 ... in-hospital treatment ... for community-acquired ... bacterial #meningitis #management ... #treatment #table
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... • Community acquired ... • Community acquired ... pneumonia and CRB65=1 ... #management #durations
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
severe community-onset ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... for >7 days in ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Coverage #Management
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Diarrhea (< 7 days ... Diarrhea > 10 days ... Community water-borne ... Acute #Diarrhea #management
Pediatric SVT - Management Algorithm
Identify SVT:
 • HR not variable
 • Abrupt rate changes
 • Infants:
Algorithm Identify ... Monitors, Pads AP Stable ... Signs of shock or ... Sync - 0.5-1 ... #Pediatric #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... Pathophysiology: 1. ... necrosis (7-14 days ... Lung Abscess Management ... - Fevers > 10 days
IDSA Algorithm for Neutropenic Fever - Initial Management, Subsequent Management and Prolonged Fever
Figure 1. Initial management
IDSA Algorithm for ... Fever Figure 1. ... of empirical antibiotic ... of empirical antibiotics ... and clinically stable
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Diagnosis and Management ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... #Community #Acquired
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS
Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: Initial Episodes (Duration of Therapy: 7–14 days)
Preferred
mucoadhesive buccal tablet ... chew, or crush tablet ... 4–6 mL QID or 1– ... antifungals are required ... #management #opportunistic
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1