Antibiotic Therapy for Acute Appendicitis & Sepsis
Vitals & Useful Links:
- Learn about an important etiology of abdominal pain. See spoilers below if you want to know which one.
- Podcast: Approach to Abdominal Pain – EM Clerkship Podcast and Nausea and Vomiting – EM Clerkship Podcast
- Clinical Reference: ACEP Clinical Guidelines on This Episode’s Topic (*SPOILER ALERT*)
This week we welcome a new host, Jordan, who has the honor of being EMJC’s first MD on the podcast and brings us back to some EM basics. Jordan is an EM intern who joins us to lead Kyle (MS4) and Arman (MS4) through a case of a young woman with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. How would you approach this case? As always, we learn a couple of very important points about evaluating and treating abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please email us at emjccast@gmail.com
*****EPISODE SPOILERS BELOW*****
Jordan’s Article on Antibiotic Therapy for Acute AppendicitisSalminen, P., Tuominen, R., Paajanen, H., Rautio, T., Nordström, P., Aarnio, M., … & Virtanen, J. (2018). Five-year follow-up of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in the APPAC randomized clinical trial. Jama, 320(12), 1259-1265.Surviving Sepsis CampaignRhodes, A., Evans, L. E., Alhazzani, W., Levy, M. M., Antonelli, M., Ferrer, R., … & Rochwerg, B. (2017). Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock: 2016. Intensive care medicine, 43(3), 304-377.
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