Vancomycin Clearance in Obese Adults is not Predictive of Clearance in Obese Adolescents.

Tan Zhang Cornelis Smit Catherine M T Sherwin Catherijne A J Knibbe Elke H J Krekels

Published in: Clinical pharmacokinetics (2023)

There are apparent differences in vancomycin CL in overweight and obese adults versus overweight and obese adolescents, implying that dosing of vancomycin cannot be directly extrapolated between these populations.

Keyphrases

methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
young adults
adipose tissue
weight loss
physical activity
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
obese patients
bariatric surgery
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted imaging