Evaluation of pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic target attainment of meropenem in pediatric patients

• Main Authors: Abdullah Alsultan (Author), Maram R. Aldawsari (Author), Nujood Khaled Alturaiq (Author), Saeed Ali Syed (Author), Abdulaziz Alsubai (Author), Zeyad Kurdee (Author), Sarah Alsubaie (Author), Saeed Alqahtani (Author), Manal Abouelkheir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Meropenem is a widely used carbapenem for treating severe pediatric infections. However, few studies have assessed its pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) in pediatric patients. This study aimed to evaluate the proportion of Saudi pediatric patients achieving the PK/PD target of me...