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Table 1 Daily dose medians, trough and PK/PD data

From: Vancomycin dose adjustment in severe burn patients based on trough level for drug effectiveness against pathogens at 1 mg/l minimum inhibitory concentration

Parameter

Initial dose

Adjusted dose

P value

Daily dose (mg/kg/day)

28.6

42.9

0.01

Trough levels (μg/ml)

7.1(3.6 to 13.3)

16.0 (12.0 to 23.3)

<0.001

AUC/MIC (MIC: 1 mg/l)

436 (248 to 659)

648 (467 to 942)

0.02

  1. Data presented as median (25 to 75% percentile).