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Renally Adjusted Dosing of Amikacin in Adults
The current recommended empiric antibiotic choices and empiric durations for suspected bacterial infections at CHBAH, based on consensus agreement between Infectious Diseases (ID), Microbiology and specialties after review of our 2018 antibiogram data, is as follows until directed therapy is possible.
|
CrCl
(mL/min) |
>80 | 60-80 | 40-60 | 30-40 | 20-30 | 10-20 | 0-10 |
|
Dose
(mg/kg) |
15 (daily) |
12 (daily) |
7.5 (daily) |
4 (daily) |
7.5 (48 hourly) |
4 (48 hourly) |
3 (72 hourly and after dialysis) |
Source: Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, October 2019