Pharmacological differences between once daily and twice daily gentamicin dosage in newborns with suspected sepsis

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Hagen, Inge ^a   Øymar, Knut ^a,b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dosage; Gewntamycin; Newborns; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 58149291863     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-008-9255-y     Document Type: Article

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