A 45-year-old with suspected acute appendicitis has CRP 72 mg/L, WCC 14, guarding in RIF. He is fasting awaiting theatre. What antibiotic strategy?...

Question

A 45-year-old with suspected acute appendicitis has CRP 72 mg/L, WCC 14, guarding in RIF. He is fasting awaiting theatre. What antibiotic strategy?

Accepted Answer

Start IV broad-spectrum antibiotics pre-operatively

Answer

No antibiotics until diagnosis confirmed

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Oral amoxicillin only

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Single dose metronidazole only

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Post-op antibiotics only

mrcem sba MCQ (SBA): Acute Appendicitis