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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 ... bacterial #meningitis #management ... #treatment #table ... #duration #empiric
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
circuit and start empiric ... Antibiotic Management ... • Persistent fever ... • Persistent fever ... after treatment
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Table 3. ... Suggested Empiric ... Treatment Options ... Are Appropriate #Management ... #Antibiotics #VAP
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... • Most common cause ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... #management #treatment
IDSA Algorithm for Neutropenic Fever - Initial Management, Subsequent Management and Prolonged Fever
Figure 1. Initial management
after 2-4 days of empirical ... antibiotic therapy ... after 4 days of empirical ... antibiotics LOW ... and clinically stable
Hordeolum vs Chalazion

Hordeolum (Stye):
 • Location: Most commonly found at or near an eyelash follicle
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eyelash follicle • Cause ... upper lid • Cause ... Warm compresses, antibiotic ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Management ... Chalazion #Comparison #Table
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
or persistent fevers ... encephalopathy possible, empiric ... cirrhotic, consider empiric ... Delirium #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
organ dysfunction caused ... recognition and treatment ... with: 1 Empiric ... broad spectrum antibiotics ... #QSOFA #SIRS #criticalcare
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
cystitis, may have fever ... infection, such as fever ... also important Management ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... data • Early treatment
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Supportive and antibiotics ... #diagnosis #management