Description
Prescribing well, not defensively
Most antibiotic error is not ignorance. It is defensive prescribing — broad cover started because nobody wanted to be the one who under-treated, then continued because nobody wanted to be the one who stopped. Over 488 pages this volume treats that as the central problem rather than a footnote about resistance.
Why it sits in a cardiology library
Because the cardiac infections are covered at proper depth. Infective endocarditis with its prolonged regimens and its surgical timing decisions. Cardiac implantable device infection, where the decision to extract is the whole management. Sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery. Rheumatic fever prophylaxis. These are cardiology problems solved with antimicrobials, and cardiologists frequently handle them with less confidence than they handle anything else in their practice.
The stewardship framework
Empirical choice by site and severity. When a culture result should change therapy and when it should not. De-escalation as a scheduled decision rather than an afterthought. Duration, where the evidence has moved substantially toward shorter courses and practice has not followed. Oral switch. Allergy delabelling, which unlocks better therapy for a surprising number of patients carrying an unverified penicillin allergy.
Academy placement
Cross-specialty reading, required on the acute care track and recommended to every member who prescribes antimicrobials — which is all of them.
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