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==Medical Therapy== | |||
===Pharmacotherapy=== | |||
====Empiric Treatment==== | |||
* Do not wait for the results of the [[CT scan]] and the [[lumbar puncture]]; empiric treatment should be started as soon as possible. | |||
* Blood cultures should be drawn before starting the [[antibiotic]] therapy, and then the antibiotic treatment should be changed once the blood culture results are out. | |||
* Empiric antibiotic treatment should be started within 30 minutes after the patient presentation. | |||
* In case of high suspicion of pneumococcal meningitis in adult patients, 0.15 mg/kg IV Q6H dexomethasone should be administered for 2 to 4 days. | |||
** The first dose of dexomethasone is given along with or 20 minutes prior to starting the antibiotics treatment. | |||
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! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 100%; background: #F8F8FF" align=center | ''{{fontcolor|#6C7B8B|Age <1 Week}}'' | |||
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! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Preferred Regimen'' | |||
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| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 50 mg/kg IV q8h''''' | ||
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| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
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| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 100—150 mg/kg/day IV q8—12h''''' | ||
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! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Alternative Regimen'' | |||
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| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 50 mg/kg IV q8h''''' | ||
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| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
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| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Gentamicin]] 2.5 mg/kg IV q12h''''' | ||
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== | {| style="margin: 0 0 0em 0em; border: 1px solid #696969; float: left; width:19em" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"; | ||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 100%; background: #F8F8FF" align=center | ''{{fontcolor|#6C7B8B|Age <1 Week}}'' | |||
|- | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Preferred Regimen'' | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 50 mg/kg IV q8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 100—150 mg/kg/day IV q8—12h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '' | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Alternative Regimen'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 50 mg/kg IV q8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Gentamicin]] 2.5 mg/kg IV q12h''''' | ||
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| '' | |} | ||
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{| style="margin: 0 0 0em 0em; border: 1px solid #696969; float: left; width:19em" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"; | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 100%; background: #F8F8FF" align=center | ''{{fontcolor|#6C7B8B|Age 1—4 Weeks}}'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Preferred Regimen'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '''[[ | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 200 mg/kg/day IV q6—8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 150—200 mg/kg/day IV q6—8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Alternative Regimen'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 200 mg/kg/day IV q6—8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Gentamicin]] 2.5 mg/kg IV q8h''''' <BR> OR <BR> ▸'''''[[Tobramycin]] 2.5 mg/kg IV q8h''''' <BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Amikacin]] 10 mg/kg IV q8h''''' | ||
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|'' | |||
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{| style="margin: 0 0 0em 0em; border: 1px solid #696969; float: left; width:19em" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"; | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 100%; background: #F8F8FF" align=center | ''{{fontcolor|#6C7B8B|Age 1—23 Months}}'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Preferred Regimen'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '''[[ | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 200 mg/kg/day IV q6—8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 150—200 mg/kg/day IV q6—8h''''' | ||
''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Alternative Regimen'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'''[[ | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 200 mg/kg/day IV q6—8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''[[Gentamicin | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Gentamicin]] 2.5 mg/kg IV q8h''''' <BR> OR <BR> ▸'''''[[Tobramycin]] 2.5 mg/kg IV q8h''''' <BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Amikacin]] 10 mg/kg IV q8h''''' | ||
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|} | |||
| valign=top | | |||
{| style="margin: 0 0 0em 0em; border: 1px solid #696969; float: left; width:19em" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"; | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 100%; background: #F8F8FF" align=center | ''{{fontcolor|#6C7B8B|Age 1—4 Weeks}}'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Preferred Regimen'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 200 mg/kg/day IV q6—8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 150—200 mg/kg/day IV q6—8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '' | |||
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 80%; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ''Alternative Regimen'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 200 mg/kg/day IV q6—8h''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | AND | ||
|- | |- | ||
| < | | style="font-size: 80%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Gentamicin]] 2.5 mg/kg IV q8h''''' <BR> OR <BR> ▸'''''[[Tobramycin]] 2.5 mg/kg IV q8h''''' <BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Amikacin]] 10 mg/kg IV q8h''''' | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 17:26, 14 January 2014
Medical Therapy
Pharmacotherapy
Empiric Treatment
- Do not wait for the results of the CT scan and the lumbar puncture; empiric treatment should be started as soon as possible.
- Blood cultures should be drawn before starting the antibiotic therapy, and then the antibiotic treatment should be changed once the blood culture results are out.
- Empiric antibiotic treatment should be started within 30 minutes after the patient presentation.
- In case of high suspicion of pneumococcal meningitis in adult patients, 0.15 mg/kg IV Q6H dexomethasone should be administered for 2 to 4 days.
- The first dose of dexomethasone is given along with or 20 minutes prior to starting the antibiotics treatment.
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