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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP ... Diagnosis and Management ... Presentation in septic ... , cefotaxime) SBP ... dysfunction or liver
Antibiotic Therapy for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis  (SBP)

- Standard therapy 
- Uncomplicated SBp• 
- Nosocomial SBP
Antibiotic Therapy ... Peritonitis (SBP ... hypersensitivity - Advanced liver ... renal failure #Management ... #Antibiotic #Regimen
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
End Stage Liver ... Esophageal Varices • Hepatic ... Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP ... ) #ESLD #Liver ... Complications #diagnosis #management
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
culture-positive SBP ... culture-positive SBP ... improved outcomes 1) Antibiotics ... dL and advanced liver ... #diagnosis #management
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Diagnosis and Management ... to infection SEPTIC ... Patients w/ septic ... SBP < 100 3. ... broad spectrum antibiotics
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
•	Non-specific (infections vs non-infectious)
•	≥2 of the following:
o	Temp >38°C or <36°C
o	HR >90 bpm
o	RR
RR ≥22/min o SBP ... Septic Shock • ... >2 mmol/L Management ... Broad-spectrum antibiotics
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Hepatic Encephalopathy ... Diagnosis and Management ... • Caused by liver ... non-absorbable antibiotic ... LizzieAbyMD #Hepatic
Sepsis - Interventions that do / do not improve outcomes
Do:
- Have high index of suspicion and
not prescribe) antibiotics ... for persistent septic ... noradrenaline - Lots ... Interventions #Management