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An Evaluation of Systemic Vancomycin Dosing in Obese Patients
We retrospectively identified 67 patients with severe or morbid obesity (body mass index ≥35 kg/m(2)) who had received intravenous vancomycin at our institution. We observed that an initial dose of 45 to 65 mg/kg vancomycin per day based upon ideal body weight rather than actual body weight was more...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26716105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv176 |