Randomized controlled trial of once vs twice daily gentamicin therapy in newborn

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-137

  Solomon, Rekha ^a   Kuruvilla, Kurien Anil ^a   Job, Victoria ^a   Selvakumar, R ^a   Jeyaseelan, L ^a   Kanagasabapathy, A S ^a   Jana, Atanu Kumar ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Gentamicin therapy; Newborn

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEPSIS;

EID: 0032956224     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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