Answer for last question - High protein intake -  An albumin of >3.0g/dL has been shown to improve wound healing in amputations.

A 65-year-old male is admitted to the intensive care unit after a traumatic injury. He is mechanically ventilated for respiratory failure. On the fourth day of admission, he becomes febrile, and the chest x-ray reveals an opacity in the left lower lobe suggestive of pneumonia. Tracheal aspirate cultures grow Acinetobacter baumannii. Susceptibilities are pending. The clinical team is involved and reports no other cases at present and no past cases with drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Which antimicrobial should be initiated in this patient?

1.Meropenem
2.Daptomycin
3.Ciprofloxacin
4.Ceftriaxone

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