Vancomycin: the need to suit serum concentrations in hemodialysis patients

The vancomycin dose for hemodialysis (HD) patients should be adjusted by monitoring drug serum concentrations. However, this procedure is not available in most health services in Brazil, which usually adopts protocols based on published studies. The trials available are controversial, and several ha...

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Main Authors: Lívia Luize Marengo, Fernando de Sá Del Fiol, Sara de Jesus Oliveira, Celso Nakagawa, Eduardo Leite Croco, Silvio Barberato-Filho, Marcela Pellegrini Peçanha, Douglas Felix da Silva, Maria Inês de Toledo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867010700416