Posts Tagged encephalitis
Severe CNS Infections
Posted by Scott D. Weingart, MD FACEP in Critical Care on July 13th, 2010
Severe CNS Infections are time dependent diagnoses! You must have a high index of suspicion, a good plan for your work-up, and rapid provision of treatment. After seeing a severely ill meningitis patient, I figured I would do a podcast on some tips and pearls on this topic.
antibiotics, encephalitis, herpes encephalitis, lactate, lumbar puncture, meningitis, meningoencephalitis, sepsis