Therefore, we have estimated and designed a new dosage protocol to achieve correct vancomycin serum concentrations from the beginning of treatment. No conflict of interestdoi:10.1136/ejhpharm-2017-000640.133A Andújar MateosHospital General Universitario de Elche, Pharmacy, Elche, Spain...
We describe the results obtained when applying a Vancomycin dosage protocol in 12 critically ill patients with sepsis due to Staphylococcus epidermidis. The dose was calculated to reach peak concentrations (Cmax) in the range of 30-40 mcg / mL and trough concentrations (Cmin) in the range of ...
This was a single-center prospective cohort study conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the empirical vancomycin dosing included in the hospital MAG used in children with cardiac disease. The study received ethical approval from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) an...
A consensus guideline published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) provides recommendations for vancomycin dosing and...
We thank the individuals who assisted in the recruitment and data collection from CAMERA2 sites: Austin Health, Australia: Katherine Bond, Mark Tang; Blacktown Hospital, Australia: Marianne Martinello; Cairns Hospital, Australia: Josh Hanson, Sue Richmond; Fiona Stanley Hospital and Royal Perth ...
associated with these guidelines, such as reduced AKIs and other patient safety improvements can have a positive impact for all healthcare organizations,” said Sirj Goswami, InsightRX’s CEO and co-founder in a prepared statement. “It’s good to see that hospital pharmacy le...
900 vancomycin concentrations from 207 neonates were included. The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board of Gangnam Severance Hospital (No. 3–2019-0206), Seoul, Korea, and the manuscript followed STROBE statement. The need for informed consent was waived by the institutional...
Hospital audits have showed that dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) practices for vancomycin are suboptimal. Limited studies have examined the current educational resources used to support vancomycin use. Aims: To explore and compare the perceptions of health educators and recipients of ...
The purpose of this study is to compare incidence of attaining therapeutic goal of trough 10-20 mcg/ml or AUC/MIC 450-600 mg*hr/L for a community teaching hospital vancomycin population managed with AUC/ MIC monitoring to a pre-implementation group of patients managed with trough-based ...
Vancomycin is commonly used to treat staphylococcal infections, but there has not been a definitive analysis of the pharmacokinetics of this antibacterial