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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
diseases - Severe Community ... Acquired Pneumonia ... SCAP severe community-acquired ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... CAP present in 1 ... criteria: Septic shock ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #CAP #Community ... #Acquired #Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... complicated by septic shock ... CAP present in 1 ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Acquired #Pneumonia
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... acquired pneumonia ... CRB65=0 7 days • Community ... acquired pneumonia ... and CRB65=1 7-10
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
Antibiotics for severe community-onset ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... Hospitalization for > 1 ... - Linezolid 1 ... #Acquired #Pneumonia
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Treatment Goals ... : 1) MAP > 60-65 ... criticalcare #algorithm #treatment
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Syndrome (STSS) ... necrosis STSS Treatment ... IVIG 1g/kg on day 1, ... #Syndrome #STSS ... #treatment #management
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
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
Penetration of Antimicrobials ... documenting successful treatment ... of community-acquired ... antibiotic classes. 1 ... Penetration #CNS #Antimicrobials
Common Infections in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
< 1 Month
 - Infection with antimicrobial-resistant species
 - Donor-derived infection
Recipients < 1 ... Infection with antimicrobial-resistant ... colonization) 1- ... > 6 Months - Community-acquired