A gentamicin order form improves its use

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 494-498

  Smith, Ketsy ^a   Rindone, Joseph P ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GENTAMICIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARIZONA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031816213     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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