
Episode 268: WDx #21 – Clinical Unknown with Dr. Rachael Lee
The Clinical Problem Solvers
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Pain Colitis - What's the C-Diff Test?
The patient had a chest X-ray without any acute cardiopulmonary abnormalities. He got ACT abdomen impolvus, as expected; showed diffuse mouth thickening of the small bowel with some small bowel edema consistent with pain colitis. Did have a respiratory panel that was positive for a non-cilic coronavirus. All of the blood cultures and urine cultures were pending. The question becomes, do we start thinking about antibiotics for him? And I think that's a good question. You at least know that they're C-diff negative, but he looks clinically very ill. Do we want to potentially cover something while we're working up everything? So if you have E
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