Achieving therapeutic vancomycin levels in pediatric patients.

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Published in Can J Hosp Pharm on November 01, 2014

Authors

Jenny Hoang1, Deonne Dersch-Mills2, Lauren Bresee3, Timothy Kraft4, Otto G Vanderkooi5

Author Affiliations

1: BScPharm, ACPR, is a Medical Teaching Unit Clinical Pharmacist with the Inpatient Pharmacy Department, Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary, Alberta.
2: BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD, is Pharmacy Clinical Practice Leader for Pediatrics and Neonatology, Department of Pharmacy, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta.
3: BScPharm, ACPR, MSc, PhD, is Drug Stewardship Pharmacist, Calgary Zone; Residency Research Advisor, Calgary and Cancer Control, Alberta Health Services; and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
4: BSP, is a Clinical Pharmacist in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pharmacy, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta.
5: MD, FRCPC, DTMH, is Associate Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta.

Associated clinical trials:

Comparison of Two Dosage Adjustment Strategies of Vancomycin in Children (OPTIBAYE) | NCT02694458

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