A 75-year-old man is admitted with severe pneumonia and requires intravenous Gentamicin (once-daily dosing regimen). When should the serum Gentamicin ...

Question

A 75-year-old man is admitted with severe pneumonia and requires intravenous Gentamicin (once-daily dosing regimen). When should the serum Gentamicin level be measured to guide dosing adjustments according to the Hartford nomogram?

Accepted Answer

6-14 hours after the start of the infusion

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Immediately before the first dose (trough level)

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1 hour after the start of the infusion (peak level)

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Immediately before the second dose (trough level)

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48 hours after the first dose

mrcp part 1 MCQ (SBA): Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM)

A 75-year-old man is admitted with severe pneumonia and requires intravenous Gentamicin (once-daily dosing regimen). When should the serum Gentamicin level be measured to guide dosing adjustments according to the Hartford nomogram?