Impact of loading doses on the time to adequate predicted beta-lactam concentrations in prolonged and continuous infusion dosing schemes

Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Sep 15;59(6):905-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu402. Epub 2014 May 27.

Authors

Nathaniel J Rhodes¹, Shawn H MacVane², Joseph L Kuti², Marc H Scheetz¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois Department of Pharmacy Practice, Midwestern University, Chicago College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove, Illinois.
² Center for Anti-Infective Research and Development, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut.

PMID: 24867788
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu402

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacokinetics*
Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
Critical Illness*
Female
Humans
Male
beta-Lactams / administration & dosage*
beta-Lactams / pharmacokinetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
beta-Lactams