The use of actual bodyweight for dosing of morbidly obese patients is controversial. New data suggests an adjusted weight may be more appropriate. The impact of generic vancomycin upon efficacy ...

Methods. The original vancomycin-dosing algorithm used at our hemodialysis unit required stat orders for serum vancomycin concentrations before each hemodialysis session to determine the dose of ...

Oral vancomycin therapy resulted in clinical response in nearly half of patients with inflammatory bowel disease associated ...

Methods: A retrospective drug utilization evaluation was performed for pediatric patients who received intravenous vancomycin from 1 October 2007 to 31 March 2010. Dosing regimen was 40 mg/kg of ...

Vancomycin (as HCl) 500mg/vial, 1g/vial; lyophilized pwd for IV infusion after reconstitution and dilution. The bactericidal action of vancomycin results primarily from inhibition of cell-wall ...

Antibiotics such as vancomycin require careful monitoring and dosing regimens that take into account patient-specific factors impacted by the drug’s pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics ...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DoseMe, a leader in model-informed precision dosing (MIPD), today announced that Senior Care Partners (PACE) has implemented DoseMeRx to modernize vancomycin dosing in alignment ...