Dosage of once-daily gentamicin in spinal cord injury patients

Spinal Cord

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-198

  Vaidyanathan, S ^a   Watt, J W H ^a   Singh, G ^a   Soni, B M ^a   Sett, P ^a  

^a District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creatinine clearance; Gentamicin; Nephrotoxicity; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MEROPENEM; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STAGHORN STONE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0034024009     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100975     Document Type: Article

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