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Effect of Body Weight on Hemodynamic Response in Patients Receiving Fixed-Dose Vasopressin for Septic Shock.

Ann Pharmacother

October 2016

University Health System, San Antonio, TX, USA The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX, USA University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Background: Fixed-dose vasopressin is an adjunctive therapy to norepinephrine (NE) to raise mean arterial pressure (MAP) and decrease NE requirements in patients with septic shock. It is unknown if weight affects hemodynamic response to vasopressin or if a weight-based vasopressin strategy is superior to fixed dosing.

Objective: The primary objective was to evaluate effect of body weight on response to vasopressin as measured by change in MAP 1 hour post-vasopressin initiation.

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Monotherapy with minocycline or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections.

J Antimicrob Chemother

April 2016

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy Division, Austin, TX, USA The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Pharmacotherapy Education & Research Center, San Antonio, TX, USA University Health System, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Objectives: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a Gram-negative bacillus intermittently isolated from hospitalized patients. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole is considered the treatment of choice for S. maltophilia infections, though limited by toxicities.

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