Saturday, July 30, 2005

Urosepsis: P 158 Current Essentials of Critical care.

    #Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare complication of Elderly women with Diabetes.
    #In uroseptic patient urine culture growing Staph. aureus should prompt a workup for Staph aureus bacterimea.

UTI: Critical care secrets-
    # Catheterize patients will have bacteriuria @ 5-10%/day
    #by day 8 ,50% will have bacteriuria.
    #Candiduria- Change catheter, if regrows- Ix for Urinary obstruction.
                If catheter cannot be changed- try continuous bladder irrigation with Ampho B.

Vertebral Column: Ellis

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