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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 ... #HAP #HCAP #HospitalAcquiredPneumonia ... #IDSA2016
IDSA Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens 

#Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases #MDRO #RiskFactors #HAP #VAP #HCAP #IDSA2016 #Guidelines
Pathogens #Diagnosis ... #RiskFactors #HAP ... #VAP #HCAP #IDSA2016 ... #Guidelines #Pneumonia
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #VAP #VentilatorAssociatedPneumonia ... #IDSA2016
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Community-Acquired Pneumonia ... (CAP) No comorbidities ... IDSA #Outpatient #CAP ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... gap metabolic acidosis ... gap greater than ... gap is variable ... gap closes and
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... Obtain in severe CAP ... Pseudomonas) • Severe CAP ... radiographically confirmed CAP ... #CAP #Diagnosis
Macrolides - Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin - Antibiotics Class Overview

50S Ribosomal Inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Atypical organisms
Azithromycin - Antibiotics ... community-acquired pneumonia ... Ceftriaxone for CAP ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP)

AGEP is largely a clinical diagnosis based on classical skin findings in
largely a clinical diagnosis ... implicated agents or had ... Antibiotics: - ... aminopenicillins - antifungals ... - Mycoplasma pneumoniae