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Do you administer prophylactic antibiotics to prevent VAP following intubation in patients with acute brain injury?

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Pulmonology · Emory University Hospital Midtown

I currently do not, though this trial is interesting and the results are compelling. I think the risk of one dose of CTX is low. No clear evidence of resistance. I think moving forward, I would have a low threshold for administering one dose of ceftriaxone following intubation in my TBI patients. Ho...

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Pulmonology · Corewell Health

No, I don't.

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