Individualised antibiotic dosing for patients who are critically ill: Challenges and potential solutions

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 498-509

  Roberts, Jason A ^a,b   Abdul Aziz, Mohd H ^a   Lipman, Jeffrey ^a,b   Mouton, Johan W ^c   Vinks, Alexander A ^d   Felton, Timothy W ^e   Hope, William W ^f   Farkas, Andras ^g   Neely, Michael N ^h   Schentag, Jerome J ⁱ   Drusano, George ^j   Frey, Otto R ^k   Theuretzbacher, Ursula ^l   Kuti, Joseph L ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g Nyack Hospital   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k Hospital of Heidenheim   (Germany)

^l Center For Anti Infective Agents Vienna   (Austria)

^m HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PLASMA CONCENTRATION-TIME CURVE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84901006498     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70036-2     Document Type: Review

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