Hospital Medicine

Disorders of the Colon

Questions discussed in this category

What is your approach to secondary prophylaxis for C difficile infection during concomitant antibiotic use in a patient with a history of C difficile infection?

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Do you continue antiplatelet/anticoagulant therapy in patients with hemodynamically stable diverticular bleeding to improve localization and treatment of source of bleeding?

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What is your approach to treatment of patients with fulminant C difficile infection who required ileostomy creation or colectomy?

Is there a role for oral vancomycin in these patients, or is oral vancomycin redundant if other routes of administration are being used (i.e intracolo...

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Papers discussed in this category

Microbes and infection, 2024 May 06

Secondary prophylaxis for Clostridioides difficile infection for patients on non-C. difficile antibiotics: a retrospective cohort study.

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