Use Actual Body Weight When Calculating Vancomycin Loading Doses

May 2015

Should patients treated with vancomycin get loading doses?

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Table of Contents

Cultural Awareness Think of Cultural Influences as a Factor That Impacts Med Use
Cardiology Expect Metoprolol Succinate to be Started Several Days BEFORE CABG
Cardiology Point Out Rx Folic Acid Combos Aren't Proven to Be Better than OTCs
Women's Health Tell Women Too Much Iodine Can Be Harmful
Obesity & Weight Loss Expect Just One in 5 Patients to Have 5% Weight Loss on Belviq
Statins Don't Assume Elderly Patients Without CV Disease Won't Benefit From a Statin
Kidney Stones Advise Limiting Colas to Reduce the Risk of Kidney Stones
Respiratory & Allergy Advise Saving Daliresp for SEVERE COPD Patients With Frequent Exacerbations
Wound Care Recommend Foam Dressings for Heavily Draning Pressure Ulcers
IBS DON'T Jump to SSRIs for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Sleep Disorders Suggest Patients Wear Sunglasses on the Way Home From Shift Work
New Drugs Reduce Ceftazidime/Avibactam Doses in Renal Insufficiency
Insomnia Verify Patients Aren't Automatically Sent Home on Sleep Meds
Antibiotics Use Actual Body Weight When Calculating Vancomycin Loading Doses