Therapeutic drug monitoring of gentamicin: Evaluation of five nomograms for initial dosing at Al-Amiri Hospital in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 348-354

  Al Lanqawi, Yousef ^a,c   Capps, Phillip ^b   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^b   Abulmalek, Kefaya ^a   Phillips, Dotun ^b   Matar, Kamal ^b   Sharma, Prem ^b   Thusu, Anil ^a  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Gentamicin; Initial dosing nomograms; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMOGRAM; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; STEADY STATE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CREATININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMOGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548062073     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104807     Document Type: Article

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