Significance of Monitoring Serum Level of Gentamycin in Children with Serious Illness
- VernacularTitle:危重病患儿口服庆大霉素血药质量浓度监测的意义
- Author:
ping, ZENG
;
yi-yu, YANG
;
jian-ping, TAO
;
yan-ling, HE
;
yi-lu, CHEN
;
qi-yi, ZENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
gentamycins;
blood drug level;
critical illness,child
- From:Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
1992;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the serum level of gentamycin for orally in children with serious illness.Methods The serum level of gentamycin in 41 children who were in serious illness [multiple organ dysfunction(MODS)group with 21 cases and non-MODS group with 20 cases ] were monitored and the patients were treated with select decontamination of the digestive tract(SDD) from October 2004 to April 2005.Dosage:10 mg/(kg?d),orally taken three times(every 8 hours) one day.The blood after taking the drug one hour later in the fourth day was selected and the serum level of getamycin was monitored.Results Thirty-six children of 41 cases serum level of gentamycin were negative and 5 children(4 in MODS group and 1 in non-MODS group) who had alimentary tract hemorrhage were masccline in serum after taking gentamycin one hour later in the forth day.The absorption of gentamycin from enteric after orally was not(rela)-ted to MODS.There were statistics value between the gestrintestinal tract ulcer and serum level of gentamycin.Conclusions The safety for treating the children in serious illness with gentamycin for SDD is obvious.But we suggest to monitor the serum level of gentamycin for who has severe alimentary tract hemorrhage together with insufficiency of liver and kindey.
