Gentamicin is a common antibiotic used to treat sepsis in neonates. We hypothesize that obtaining routine gentamicin trough levels may not be necessary in low-risk, term infants. We performed a ...
To examine the impact of a change in the empiric gentamicin dose from 5 mg kg −1 every 24 h (Q24 h period) to 5 mg kg every 36 h (Q36 h period) on target drug concentration achievement in neonates ...
Institutional review board approval was obtained, and the pharmacy database was queried from September 2007 through August 2010 for patients receiving gentamicin and a continuous infusion of ...
Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(7):624-630. From the data, the majority of gentamicin concentration measurements were collected after the first and before the second dose, and some were collected at ...