Vancomycin Use in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Kannan SridharanAmal Al-DaylamiReema AjjawiHusain Am Al Ajooz

Published in: Paediatric drugs (2019)

The current vancomycin dosing strategy is ineffective in achieving therapeutic trough levels in children admitted to the ICU. Sub-therapeutic vancomycin trough levels significantly increase the risk of mortality.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
mechanical ventilation
young adults
emergency department
cardiovascular events
cardiovascular disease