A 55-year-old woman with pneumonia and sepsis received 30 mL/kg lactated Ringer's and is on norepinephrine. Which immediate antibiotic timing aligns w...

Question

A 55-year-old woman with pneumonia and sepsis received 30 mL/kg lactated Ringer's and is on norepinephrine. Which immediate antibiotic timing aligns with sepsis guidance?

Accepted Answer

Administer broad-spectrum antibiotics within 1 hour of recognition of sepsis/septic shock

Answer

Delay antibiotics until after chest CT

Answer

Start narrow-spectrum monotherapy pending cultures

Answer

Wait for procalcitonin to return before initiating antibiotics

Answer

Administer within 6 hours to reduce resistance

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Sepsis-Initial Antibiotics

A 55-year-old woman with pneumonia and sepsis received 30 mL/kg lactated Ringer's and is on norepinephrine. Which immediate antibiotic timing aligns with sepsis guidance?