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Podcast: Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast
Episode: FAQs: Improving Empiric Antibiotic Regimens for HABP/VABP in the ICU
Description: In this episode, Marion Elligsen, BScPhm, MSc, RPh, ACPR; Keith S Kaye, MD, MPH; and Andrew Shorr, MD, MPH, MBA, discuss key considerations for selecting empiric antibiotic regimens in patients with HABP/VABP in the intensive care unit, including:Β The role of novel Ξ²-lactam/Ξ²-lactamase inhibitor combinationsUse of clinical predictions scores (eg, Drug Resistance in Pneumonia [DRIP] score) to predict risk for pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant pathogensApplication of rapid diagnostic testing in critically ill patients with pneumonia, including current limitationsImplementation of advanced antibiograms and clinical prediction scoresClinical utility of biomarkers for pneumonia (eg, procalcitonin)Application of updated nosocomial pne...