Empiric therapy or empirical therapy is medical treatment or therapy based on experience and, more specifically, therapy begun on the basis of a clinical...

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...

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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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...

of objects in a system in a given state Empiric therapy, therapy based on clinical educated guesses Empirical, a research vessel that was used by Darth...

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...

test for Lyme disease should be performed, and if it exceeds 10%, empiric therapy with antibiotics should be initiated, without corticosteroids, and...

different types of therapy. Not all therapies are effective. Many therapies can produce unwanted adverse effects. Treatment and therapy are often synonymous...

be used due to its coverage of Gram-positives and Gram-negatives. Empiric therapy will often require multiple drugs from different classes. Surgery (laparotomy)...

an illness but the responsible pathogen has not been identified, an empiric therapy is adopted. This involves the administration of a broad-spectrum antibiotic...

and somewhat narrower activity against gram-positive bacteria. For empiric therapy treatment of infections prior to identification of the responsible...

involves proper wound care and antibiotics. Pseudomonas aeruginosa empiric therapy is not warranted unless the patient had a previous infection with a...

become available (24–48 hours). Once they do, empiric therapy may be switched to specific antibiotic therapy targeted to the specific causative organism...

infectious meningitis, and empirical therapy may be initiated to prevent significant disability or death. Empiric therapy is indicated in those who are...

treatment. On extremely rare instances when this is not possible, "empirical therapy" (without an exact diagnosis) may be considered, based on the available...

strains.[citation needed] The most frequent use of aminoglycosides is empiric therapy for serious infections such as sepsis, complicated intra-abdominal...

discourage dose escalation and continued chronic therapy in people unresponsive to initial empiric therapy. Gastric acid is important for breakdown of food...

Feminizing hormone therapy, also known as transfeminine hormone therapy, is hormone therapy and sex reassignment therapy to change the secondary sex characteristics...

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...

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...

behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is an active-directive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy...

the susceptibility of the bacteria. If sepsis is being considered, empiric therapy may be initiated prior to susceptibility testing. Medical uses include:...

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression...

Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to diarrhea. It involves drinking...

Resistance Epidemiology in Females with Cystitis (ARESC): implications for empiric therapy". European Urology. 54 (5): 1164–1175. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2008.05...

evaluated for the likelihood of LDFP; if it is more than minimal, empiric therapy with antibiotics should be initiated, without corticosteroids, and...

Davis P, Fox P, et al. (July 2007). "Prospective randomized trial of empiric therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or doxycycline for outpatient skin...

prescribing empirical antibiotics in the setting of possible infant botulism (Ampicillin with Gentamicin is commonly used as empiric therapy in infants)...

likelihood that the facial palsy is caused by Lyme disease exceeds 10%, empiric therapy with antibiotics should be initiated, without corticosteroids, and...