Pharmacokinetics of a netilmicin loading dose on the first postnatal day in preterm neonates with very low gestational age

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 773-777

  Rengelshausen, Jens ^a   Beedgen, Bernd ^a   Tsamouranis, Konstantina ^a   Mikus, Gerd ^a   Walter Sack, Ingeborg ^a   Haefeli, Walter E ^a   Linderkamp, Otwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Loading dose; Netilmicin; Pharmacokinetics; Preterm newborn

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; NETILMICIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NETILMICIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747879376     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-006-0153-8     Document Type: Article

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