Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pneumonia: Empiric Thoughts and Approaches with Audry Hawkins

Audry Hawkins is back to discuss antimicrobial stewardship in pneumonia. She starts with comparing differences in guidelines and recent primary literature on empiric treatment of pneumonia. Hawkins then evaluates appropriate empiric step-down therapy and durations and after, discusses the nuances in guideline recommendations for pneumonia. Some items in this lecture may have come from the lecturer’s personal academic files or have been cited in-line or at the end of the lecture. For more information, see our citation page. Disclaimers ©2016 LouisvilleLectures.org SUBSCRIBE to LOUISVILLE LECTURES: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUJ... VISIT OUR BLOG: http://www.louisvillelectures.org/ We can teach the world medicine. The Internal Medicine Lecture Series is a resident founded, resident run FOAMed (Free Open Access Medical Education) project by LouisvilleLectures.org, supported by the Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine Department and the University of Louisville. The content is free to all who wish to learn. For more information, visit our website below. Please view our full disclaimer on our website, as space limitations prohibit its posting here. All content is copyrighted by the University of Louisville.