Publications by authors named "Qual E"

This study assessed the urinary pharmacokinetics and theoretical pharmacodynamics of levofloxacin in ICU patients treated with 500 mg b.i.d.

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Objective: To investigate the pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin and the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic appropriateness of its total body exposure in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) treated for early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) with intravenous levofloxacin 500mg twice daily.

Design: Prospective non-blinded pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic study.

Participants: Ten critically ill adult patients with normal renal function.

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Levofloxacin is considered an effective antibiotic in the treatment of community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). A study was carried out on 17 in-patients to assess the pharmacokinetics of a 500 mg once-daily switch intravenous (i.v.

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