- What causes pneumothorax in the ICU, and which ones need a chest drain?
Most ICU pneumothoraces are iatrogenic, most pneumothoraces after draining an effusion are a lung that will not re-expand rather than a punctured one, and a ventilated patient with a pneumothorax gets a drain. What I found when I went back to the 2023 BTS documents.
- What is the first-line treatment for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii?
The IDSA 2026 guidance makes sulbactam-durlobactam plus a carbapenem the preferred regimen for invasive CRAB, and demotes everything else to bridging therapy. Which is a problem if the drug is not available where you work.
- What organisms cause pyogenic liver abscess in Korea?
Klebsiella pneumoniae dominates pyogenic liver abscess in Korea, not E. coli — and that changes the empiric regimen, the eye exam, and the length of therapy.