'You look like a 240 mg': Gentamicin dosing at a Sydney hospital

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-277

  Johnston, Claire F ^a,b   Carroll, Peter R ^d   Matthews, Slade T ^b   Mitchell, Sarah J ^c   Hilmer, Sarah N ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84855765424     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2011.tb00103.x     Document Type: Article

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