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Infectious Disease • Pulmonology • Critical Care • Pulmonary Infections • Respiratory Failure
Do you administer prophylactic antibiotics to prevent VAP following intubation in patients with acute brain injury?
Do the findings of the PROPHY-VAP trial influence your approach?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I currently do not, though this trial is interesting and the results are compelling. I think the risk of one dose of CTX is low. No clear evidence of resistance. I think moving forward, I would have a low threshold for administering one dose of ceftriaxone following intubation in my TBI patients. Ho...
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Answer from: at Academic Institution
No, I don't.