A 59-year-old with suspected community-onset intra-abdominal infection (perforated diverticulitis) is hypotensive and febrile. What early management p...

Question

A 59-year-old with suspected community-onset intra-abdominal infection (perforated diverticulitis) is hypotensive and febrile. What early management principle is emphasised in new guidance?

Accepted Answer

Start empiric antibiotics promptly and obtain appropriate cultures; pursue timely source control

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Delay antibiotics until after definitive source control

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Use antifungals empirically for all cases

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Avoid CT imaging to reduce delays

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Use narrow-spectrum monotherapy routinely

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection

A 59-year-old with suspected community-onset intra-abdominal infection (perforated diverticulitis) is hypotensive and febrile. What early management principle is emphasised in new guidance?