Antibiotics save lives... but choosing the wrong one can harm patients and fuel resistance 🦠💊
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📌 Carbapenems
📌 Aminoglycosides
📌 Macrolides
📌 Fluoroquinolones
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The right antibiotic.
For the right patient.
At the right time. 🩺⚡
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IV Labetalol ➡️ Emergency Doses👇
➡️ General Hypertensive Emergency
• 20 mg IV over 2 min
• Then 20–80 mg every 10 min
• Max: 300 mg
• Infusion: 0.5–2 mg/min
➡️ Intracerebral Hemorrhage / Hemorrhagic Stroke
��� 10–20 mg IV over 1–2 min
• Repeat or start infusion if needed
Ischemic Stroke (when BP lowering indicated)
• 10–20 mg IV over 1–2 min
• May repeat once
➡️ Severe Pre-eclampsia / Eclampsia
• 20 mg IV
• Then 40 mg after 10 min
• Then 80 mg every 10 min if BP remains high
• Max: 220–300 mg
➡️ Aortic Dissection
• 20 mg IV bolus
• Then infusion 0.5–2 mg/min
• Goal HR <60/min before vasodilators
➡️ Hypertensive Emergency with AKI
• 20 mg IV over 2 min
• Then 20–80 mg every 10 min
• Or infusion 0.5–2 mg/min
➡️ Avoid / Use cautiously in:
• Asthma or active bronchospasm
• Bradycardia
• Heart block
• Acute decompensated heart failure
Dentists really figured it out. Decent working hours, fewer night calls and still earning well. Meanwhile other doctors are rotating through wards like it’s a relay race with no finish line.