ONCE DAILY GENTAMICIN DOSE BANDING IN NEWBORNS WITH SIGNS OF EARLY ONSET OF NEONATAL SEPSIS (EONS), BASED ON INITIAL BIRTH WEIGHT AND GESTATIONAL AGE.

Aim: Prospective assessment of safety of dose banding of once daily gentamicin in newborns with signs of EONS in their first days of life.

Method: All neonates admitted on the level-3 neonatal unit, with at least three consecutive once daily gentamicin doses, started no later than 48 hrs after birth were included. The dose was based on initial birth weight and not adjusted to daily changes of the bodyweight(W).