4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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Specialist Answers
Question
How should patients with GBS be monitored in ICU for respiratory involvement. What are standard clinical and lab tests? At which stage ventilatory support should be started?
Answer
Need for ventilation is determined by serial assessment of respiratory function by clinical examination (level of overall patient comfort, frequency and depth of breathing, use of accessory muscles, presence of paradoxical respiration, single breath count, and integrity of upper airway reflexes), arterial blood gas (ABG) data and chest radiography. Inability to count to 20 in one breath, bulbar weakness, paradoxical breathing, hypoxemia and respiratory acidosis are all indications for endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation.
 
 
 
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Should teicoplannin, colistin be used in case of neonatal sepsis where culture does not reveal any organism_?
No, it should be used only after drug sensitivity report
Yes, under guidance of an infectious disease expert
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