Remove 2005 Remove Disease Remove Healthcare Remove Hospital
article thumbnail

The PROPHY-VAP Trial: Ceftriaxone to Prevent VAP in Patients with Acute Brain Injury

REBEL EM

1, 2 Its occurrence often portends worse outcomes in intubated patients, whose projected hospital course was already tenuous. Stratified by center (different hospital practices may affect results) and GCS (<8 or ≥8) (higher VAP risk inherent to lower GCS). 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

Hospital 124
article thumbnail

REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

REBEL EM

Follow your hospital’s protocol (if available). High Risk Patients will need hospitalization and IV antibiotics. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C This will have been formulated based on local resistance patterns and likely with input from your institution’s oncologists.

Disease 104