Impact of a high loading dose of amikacin in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Allou, Nicolas ^a   Bouteau, Astrid ^b   Allyn, Jérôme ^a   Snauwaert, Aurélie ^b   Valance, Dorothée ^a   Jabot, Julien ^a   Bouchet, Bruno ^a   Galliot, Richard ^a   Corradi, Laure ^a   Montravers, Philippe ^b   Augustin, Pascal ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Departemental Felix Guyon   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amikacin; Pharmacokinetics pharmacodynamics; Severe sepsis septic shock

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY RATE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 84994317523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-016-0211-z     Document Type: Article

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