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Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
outpatient treatment of Community ... Acquired Pnemonia ... #Outpatient #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
severe community-onset ... pneumonia Atypical ... Vancomycin #Community ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #CAP #Antibiotics
Severe community onset pneumonia checklist 

#CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Checklist #Management #Pulmonary
Severe community ... onset pneumonia ... checklist #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Management #Pulmonary
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Treatment of with Community-Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology
An evidence-based algorithm to guide the use of MRSA coverage (in community acquired pneumonia) is shown
(in community acquired ... pneumonia) is shown ... #Indications #Pneumonia ... #Algorithm #CAP ... #Community #Acquired
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... Staphylococcus aureus Coverage ... /Gram-Negative Coverage ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #VAP #VentilatorAssociatedPneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment Regimens
 • Outpatient, no significant comorbidities
 • Outpatient,
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia - Inpatient ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... Treatment #management #pulmonary
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
bronchitis 5 days • Community ... acquired pneumonia ... CRB65=0 7 days • Community ... acquired pneumonia ... outpatient #treatment #pharmacology
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics ... Spectrum: Broad coverage ... Notable holes in coverage ... sometimes for pneumonia ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary ... #Community #Acquired