One dose per day compared to multiple doses per day of gentamicin for treatment of suspected or proven sepsis in neonates

SC Rao, R Srinivasjois, K Moon - Cochrane database of …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Animal studies and trials in older children and adults suggest that a'one dose
per day'regimen of gentamicin is superior to a'multiple doses per day'regimen. Objectives To …

Pharmacological considerations for the proper clinical use of aminoglycosides

S Pagkalis, E Mantadakis, MN Mavros, C Ammari… - Drugs, 2011 - Springer
Aminoglycosides constitute one of the oldest classes of antimicrobials. Despite their toxicity,
mainly nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity, aminoglycosides are valuable in current clinical …

Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) indices of antibiotics predicted by a semimechanistic PKPD model: a step toward model-based dose optimization

EI Nielsen, O Cars, LE Friberg - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PKPD) model that characterizes the full
time course of in vitro time-kill curve experiments of antibacterial drugs was here evaluated …

An automated sampling importance resampling procedure for estimating parameter uncertainty

AG Dosne, M Bergstrand, MO Karlsson - Journal of Pharmacokinetics and …, 2017 - Springer
Quantifying the uncertainty around endpoints used for decision-making in drug development
is essential. In nonlinear mixed-effects models (NLMEM) analysis, this uncertainty is derived …

Scaling clearance in paediatric pharmacokinetics: all models are wrong, which are useful?

E Germovsek, CIS Barker, M Sharland… - British journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Linked Articles This article is commented on in the editorial by Holford NHG and Anderson
BJ. Why standards are useful for predicting doses. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2017; 83: 685–7. doi …

Challenges and opportunities for antibiotic stewardship among preterm infants

S Mukhopadhyay, S Sengupta… - Archives of Disease in …, 2019 - fn.bmj.com
Antibiotic stewardship programmes aim to optimise antimicrobial use to prevent the
emergence of resistance species and protect patients from the side effects of unnecessary …

Fundamentals of population pharmacokinetic modelling: validation methods

CMT Sherwin, TKL Kiang, MG Spigarelli… - Clinical …, 2012 - Springer
Population pharmacokinetic modelling is widely used within the field of clinical
pharmacology as it helps to define the sources and correlates of pharmacokinetic variability …

Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic approaches to optimize antibiotic use in neonates

SA Coggins, RG Greenberg - Clinics in Perinatology, 2024 - perinatology.theclinics.com
Neonatal sepsis remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive
care units (NICUs). Accordingly, antibiotics are frequently prescribed, with ampicillin …

Optimal dosing of miltefosine in children and adults with visceral leishmaniasis

TPC Dorlo, ADR Huitema, JH Beijnen… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Only anecdotal data are available on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of miltefosine in children
suffering from visceral leishmaniasis (VL). While failure rates were higher in children with …

Maturation of the glomerular filtration rate in neonates, as reflected by amikacin clearance

RFW De Cock, K Allegaert, MF Schreuder… - Clinical …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background and Objectives During the newborn period and early infancy, renal
function matures, resulting in changes in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). This study was …