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Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
antimicrobial therapy ... IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology ... #Management
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
antimicrobial therapy ... IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology ... #Management
Antibiotic Therapy for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis  (SBP)

- Standard therapy 
- Uncomplicated SBp• 
- Nosocomial SBP
Antibiotic Therapy ... - Standard therapy ... renal failure #Management ... SpontaneousBacterialPeritonitis #Antibiotic ... #Regimen #Pharmacology
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Management Algorithm
 • STEMI
 • NSTEMI (Troponin Positive) / Unstable Angina (UA,
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Immediate Medical Therapy ... Optimize Medical Therapy ... Acute #Coronary #Syndrome ... #ACS #Management
COPD Exacerbations - Management
 • Identify Triggers
 • Assess Severity
 • Risk for Poor Outcomes
 •
Exacerbations - Management ... bronchodilators - Antibiotic ... Therapy (Azithromycin ... #Exacerbation #Management ... #treatment #pulmonary
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Coverage of common antibiotics ... possible to guide therapy ... preferred & narrowest therapy ... ampicillin #management ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy

ILE is a treatment for severe toxicity from local anesthetics. In addition,
Emulsion (ILE) Therapy ... Emulsion #ILE #Therapy ... #Toxicology #Management ... #Pharmacology #
MDRO: Multiple Drug Resistant Organism (Stenehjem E et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016; 63(10): 1273-1280)

#AntibioticClassificationSchema #Antibiotics
Stenehjem E et al ... AntibioticClassificationSchema #Antibiotics ... MDRO #clinical #management ... #pharmacology
LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN (LMWH) DOSING RECOMMENDATIONS (Enoxaparin and Dalteparin):
 - VTE PROPHYLAXIS
 - VTE TREATMENT
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME ... - BRIDGE THERAPY ... #Prophylaxis #Pharmacology ... #Management
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Echinocandins - Antibiotics ... as combination therapy ... or as salvage therapy ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review