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How do you monitor for prolonged QTc in this situation (i.e., telemetry, serial EKGs, etc.)?

If the patient does not have underlying diabetes, do the benefits of an insulin drip for this indication outweigh the risks?

What do you start initially, and how do you go about escalating the regimen if constipation persists?

Do you find risk scores such as VOCAL-Penn to be helpful?

Do you commonly use prognostic tools such as PRESS to aid in your decision?

This is based on the recent publication by Bernstein et al., PMID 38551564 which investigated the increased rate of initiation of MAUD in the hospital...

Do you extend the course of fidaxomicin past initial 10 days to at least 3-7 days after completion of antibiotics?

For example, do you routinely supplement with calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, simethicone, sucralfate, etc.?

Is there a role for oral vancomycin in these patients, or is oral vancomycin redundant if other routes of administration are being used (i.e intracolo...

Vasculitis involving aorta, subclavian, common carotid, SMA, IMA, renal artery, and celiac artery.

And if delayed, should chemotherapy be started?