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Antibiotics in CAP - The Short and the Long of It
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English - June 15, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBCourses Education Science ceimpact podcast precept2practice level up gamechangers pharmacy cme cpe pharmacology ceimpact geoff wall Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Longer antibiotics are associated with increased costs and adverse effects and increase the potential for bacterial resistance. A recent paper in the Lancet describes a study conducted in France comparing the outcomes of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who are hospitalized but not critically ill with a short course of antibiotics (3 days) compared to standard treatment (8 days). The study found that the short course was non-inferior to the longer course of antibiotics and may have implications for treating the common infection.
References and resources:
Dinh A, Ropers J, Duran C, et al. Discontinuing β-lactam treatment after 3 days for patients with community-acquired pneumonia in non-critical care wards (PTC): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2021 Mar 27;397(10280):1195-1203. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00313-5. PMID: 33773631.
Continuing Education Information:
Learning Objective: Discuss the difference between 3-day and 8-day antibiotic use in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
0.05 CEU | 0.5 Hrs
ACPE UAN: 0107-0000-21-210-H01-P
0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Initial release date: 6/1/21
Expiration date: 6/1/22
Complete CPE & CME details can be found at here