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Table 4. Recommended Initial Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) #Management #InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Initial Empiric Antibiotic ... Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia ... Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... ) #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics
Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Community Acquired Pnemonia ... (CAP) #Management ... Community #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Antibiotics #Treatment
Recommended antibiotics for pediatric pneumonia 

Dr. Rasha Buhumaid @RBuhumaid

#antibiotics #pediatrics #pneumonia #management #peds #dosing #pharmacology
Recommended antibiotics ... for pediatric pneumonia ... @RBuhumaid #antibiotics ... #pediatrics #pneumonia ... #management #peds
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Debridement and Management ... Joint Infection (PJI ... Initial 6-12wk antibiotic ... Cortes_Penfield #PJI ... #Debridement #Management
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
HSV, Klebsiella, pneumoniae ... ) Management: NPO ... no NGT, mlVF, PPI ... Surgery consults +/- antibiotics ... esophagus #diagnosis #management
#Management #CAP #CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #Pneumonia #Risk #Stratification  #Admission #PSI #CURB65 #Algorithm #Score
#Management #CAP ... CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #Pneumonia ... Stratification #Admission #PSI
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... for first line antibiotics ... Community acquired pneumonia ... Community acquired pneumonia ... #management #durations
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... Are Appropriate #Management ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... Severity Index (PSI ... evidence) • PSI ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... CAP #Diagnosis #Management
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Community-Acquired Pneumonia ... Community #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... #Regimen #Management