Clinical Study

Evaluation of Extended Interval Dosing Aminoglycosides in the Morbidly Obese Population

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Patient-specific parameters ( )

Patients receiving gentamicin52%
Gender68% females
Mean age51 years ± 13.3
Mean weight127.7 kg ± 24.5
Mean weight above IBW212% ± 24.7
Mean aminoglycoside dosing5.9 mg/kg ± 0.9
Mean serum creatinine 0.86 mg/dL ± 0.2
Mean CrCl132.3 mL/min ± 43.2