Comparison of gentamicin dose estimates derived from manual calculations, the Australian 'Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic' nomogram and the SeBA-GEN and DoseCalc software programs

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 521-527

  Mohan, Mitali ^a   Batty, Kevin T ^a   Cooper, Jennifer A ^b   Wojnar Horton, Richard E ^b   Ilett, Kenneth F ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Fremantle Hospital and Health Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DoseCalc; Gentamicin; SeBA GEN; Therapeutic drug monitoring; Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSECALC SOFTWARE PROGRAM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEBA GEN SOFTWARE PROGRAM; THERAPEUTIC GUIDELINES ANTIBIOTIC NORMOGRAM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 9144254511     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2004.02201.x     Document Type: Article

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