Methodological Study of Vancomycin Dosing in Elderly Patients Using Actual Serum Creatinine Versus Rounded Serum Creatinine

PURPOSE: The practice of intentional rounding up of serum creatinine (SCr) in elderly patients with low measured values can lead to an underestimation of creatinine clearance and subsequent inaccurate dosing of medications. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of vancomycin d...

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Autores principales: Young, Tramaine, Daniel, Matt, Baumhover, Stephanie, Eidson, Duke, Green, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2017
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28815425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40268-017-0200-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28815425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40268-017-0200-1

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