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Serum cystatin C predicts vancomycin trough levels better than serum creatinine in hospitalized patients: a cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Serum cystatin C can improve glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation over creatinine alone, but whether this translates into clinically relevant improvements in drug dosing is unclear. METHODS: This prospective cohort study enrolled adults receiving scheduled intravenous vancomycin...

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Autores principales: Frazee, Erin N, Rule, Andrew D, Herrmann, Sandra M, Kashani, Kianoush B, Leung, Nelson, Virk, Abinash, Voskoboev, Nikolay, Lieske, John C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4075252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24887089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc13899