• Ann Emerg Med · Dec 1989

    Antibiotic therapy of life-threatening infectious diseases in the emergency department.

    • C B Lauter.
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48072.
    • Ann Emerg Med. 1989 Dec 1;18(12):1339-43.

    AbstractInitial therapy in acutely ill septic patients is necessarily empiric. Although a specific etiologic infectious diagnosis is rarely made in an acute situation, a treatment decision must be made and must be developed from history, physical examination, and minimal laboratory and roentgen studies. Three life-threatening syndromes are discussed: febrile-neutropenic patients with cancer, immunosuppressed patients with fever and lung infiltrates, and patients with acute community-acquired meningitis.

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