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Table 1 Vancomycin dosing regimen

From: Inadequate vancomycin therapy in term and preterm neonates: a retrospective analysis of trough serum concentrations in relation to minimal inhibitory concentrations

Age categories

Daily dose

Dose frequency

  

(mg/kg/day)

(dose per 24 h)

I

< 26 weeks PMA

15

1 dose

II

26 – 37 weeks GA & < 7 days PNA

20

2 doses

III

> 37 weeks GA & < 7 days PNA

30

2 doses

IV

PNA > 7 days (preterm and term)

40

2 doses

  1. Legend: GA: gestational age, PMA: postmenstrual age, PNA: postnatal age.