• Empiric therapy or empirical therapy is medical treatment or therapy based on experience and, more specifically, therapy begun on the basis of a clinical...
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    infection is suspected but the group of bacteria is unknown (also called empiric therapy) or when infection with multiple groups of bacteria is suspected. This...
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  • Look up empiric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Empiric can refer to: Asclepiades of Bithynia A person who practices quackery Empiric school of medicine...
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  • electromagnetic therapy electromagnetic therapy (alternative medicine) (pseudoscientific) electron therapy electrotherapy empiric therapy (two senses, one scientific...
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    results can allow a clinician to change the choice of antibiotics from empiric therapy, which is when an antibiotic is selected based on clinical suspicion...
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  • trials Empirical process, a stochastic process that describes the proportion of objects in a system in a given state Empiric therapy, therapy based on...
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    be used due to its coverage of Gram-positives and Gram-negatives. Empiric therapy will often require multiple drugs from different classes. Surgery (laparotomy)...
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  • the causal agent is able to be treated with. It is the opposite to empiric therapy, which refers to the treatment of infections based on the clinical...
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    the first-line agents for empiric therapy of simple cystitis. On the other hand, the choice of empiric antimicrobial therapy for pyelonephritis depends...
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    involves proper wound care and antibiotics. Pseudomonas aeruginosa empiric therapy is not warranted unless the patient had a previous infection with a...
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    different types of therapy. Not all therapies are effective. Many therapies can produce unwanted adverse effects. Treatment and therapy are often synonymous...
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    and somewhat narrower activity against gram-positive bacteria. For empiric therapy treatment of infections prior to identification of the responsible...
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    become available (24–48 hours). Once they do, empiric therapy may be switched to specific antibiotic therapy targeted to the specific causative organism...
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  • Feminizing hormone therapy, also known as transfeminine hormone therapy, is hormone therapy and sex reassignment therapy to change the secondary sex characteristics...
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    an illness but the responsible pathogen has not been identified, an empiric therapy is adopted. This involves the administration of a broad-spectrum antibiotic...
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    test for Lyme disease should be performed, and if it exceeds 10%, empiric therapy with antibiotics should be initiated, without corticosteroids, and...
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    infectious meningitis, and empirical therapy may be initiated to prevent significant disability or death. Empiric therapy is indicated in those who are...
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    the susceptibility of the bacteria. If sepsis is being considered, empiric therapy may be initiated prior to susceptibility testing. Medical uses include:...
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  • behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is an active-directive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy...
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    discourage dose escalation and continued chronic therapy in people unresponsive to initial empiric therapy. Gastric acid is important for breakdown of food...
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    Oncology (section Therapy)
    treatment. On extremely rare instances when this is not possible, "empirical therapy" (without an exact diagnosis) may be considered, based on the available...
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    strains.[citation needed] The most frequent use of aminoglycosides is empiric therapy for serious infections such as sepsis, complicated intra-abdominal...
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    instrumental in the rise to prominence of hospital doctors" as opposed to empiric therapy, as "diseases were now defined in terms of specific lesions in various...
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  • Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT, typically pronounced as the word "act") is a form of psychotherapy, as well as a branch of clinical behavior analysis...
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    evaluated for the likelihood of LDFP; if it is more than minimal, empiric therapy with antibiotics should be initiated, without corticosteroids, and...
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    Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression...
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    Davis P, Fox P, et al. (July 2007). "Prospective randomized trial of empiric therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or doxycycline for outpatient skin...
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    Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to diarrhea. It involves drinking...
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    aeruginosa) Amikacin may be combined with a beta-lactam antibiotic for empiric therapy for people with neutropenia and fever. A liposome inhalation suspension...
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    prescribing empirical antibiotics in the setting of possible infant botulism (Ampicillin with Gentamicin is commonly used as empiric therapy in infants)...
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