A 62-year-old with nonsevere sepsis and suspected UTI has lactate 2.5 mmol/L, MAP 68 after fluids. Which initial antibiotic timing is recommended?...

Question

A 62-year-old with nonsevere sepsis and suspected UTI has lactate 2.5 mmol/L, MAP 68 after fluids. Which initial antibiotic timing is recommended?

Accepted Answer

Administer broad-spectrum antibiotics promptly (as soon as possible, ideally within the first hour after recognition)

Answer

Delay antibiotics until culture results return

Answer

Start narrow-spectrum after 6 hours

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Withhold antibiotics if procalcitonin is low

Answer

Start antivirals empirically

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Sepsis-Antibiotic Timing