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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
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
men Consider empiric ... antibiotic therapy ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... and Management ... Aspiration/PNA: antibiotics ... #diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... and Management ... Guidelines 1) Antibiotics ... • Empiric: Echinocandins ... #candidiasis #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
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... : • 80% have fever ... Lung Abscess Management ... once stable - ... Intervention: - Fevers
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
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