Purpose: The effectiveness of a once-weekly vancomycin dosing protocol for patients receiving long-term high-flux hemodialysis (HFHD) in the outpatient setting was studied. Methods: Eligible ...

Conclusion. A vancomycin-dosing algorithm using limited concentration monitoring for hemodialysis patients achieved comparable vancomycin concentrations to those found with more frequent ...

Dosing regimen was 40 mg/kg of body ... Fourteen of 42 cases (33.3%) with high vancomycin levels were patients with known renal failure and/or under renal replacement, whereas renal failure ...

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 ...

In addition, vancomycin alters bacterial-cell-membrane permeability and RNA synthesis. Not for prophylaxis of endophthalmitis. Renal insufficiency. Monitor hearing, blood, renal function.

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