Evaluation of a netilmicin-loading dose in very low birthweight infants

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-29

  Berger, Angelika ^a   Kretzer, V ^b   Gludovatz, P ^b   Rohrmeister, K ^b   Prusa, A R ^b   Kohlhauser, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Loading dose, netilmicin; Netilmicin; Preterm infant; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; NETILMICIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOADING TEST; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NORMAL VALUE; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CREATININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETILMICIN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 0037234970     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067014     Document Type: Article

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