Pharmacokinetics-Pharmacodynamics of Vancomycin

Learning objective 1. Explain the pharmacologic, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic properties of vancomycin.
Learning objective 2. Determine a vancomycin loading dose for critically-ill patients with serious MRSA infections.
Learning objective 3. Given a patient with a suspected MRSA infection, recommend IDSA guideline-concordant empiric vancomycin maintenance dose and frequency.
Learning objective 4. Given a patient with a suspected MRSA infection, determine an empiric vancomycin maintenance dose and frequency based on population pharmacokinetics.
Learning objective 5. Given a patient with an MRSA infection, select an individualized vancomycin dose and frequency based on serum vancomycin level.
Learning objective 6. Given a patient on intermittent hemodialysis, recommend appropriate vancomycin dosing and monitoring.

[@sarehparavar8601]

Great👍

[@iindiar]

very thorough

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[@sarehparavar8601]

When to measure the MIC ! Emprically? or even culture based ?bcoz actually our lab doesnt measure unless we request it ..
another question .. our lab only measure trough so it means from trough i can not know the effectiveness of the vanco and change the dose or frequency from trough level like as old guideline do ? How i can get Auc:MIc then