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Vancomycin clearance in overweight and obese patients
- Source :
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 68:1776-1777
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011.
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Abstract
- We read with interest the recent article by Leong et al.[1][1] concerning the use of adjusted body weight (AdjBW) for determining clearance (CL) of vancomycin in overweight and obese patients. Several previous publications involving the pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in this population have
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Body Weight
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Vancomycin
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15352900 and 10792082
- Volume :
- 68
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9bce0d87fe627283cc580f1cfe90ee18
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp110214