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Colistin Dose In Million Units. 4 Zeilen The dose to be administered and the treatment duration should take into account the severity of. In Europe the drug is dosed in terms of international units of colistimethate sodium CMS. Depending on the country and formulation CMS may be expressed in milligrams of colistin base activity CBA International Units IU or less frequently in milligrams of the chemical CMS itself. 9 Zeilen Colistin dose conversion.
-Supplied in vials containing colistimethate sodium equal to 150 mg colistin base activity per vial. 4 Zeilen The dose is expressed in international units IU of colistimethate sodium CMS. Escherichia coliand Pseudomonas aeruginosawere isolated from the abdominal cavity and amikacin was switched to colistin. O May occur in 1. A model-based population pharmacokinetic. Intensive sampling was performed on treatment days 1 3 and 5 after an intravenous CMS loading dose of 9 million international units MU 6 MU if body weight was dose at 8 h.
A loading dose would therefore be beneficial.
In many cases 43 colistin dose adjustment did not follow the recent recommendations of drug manufacturers-this was mainly in patients with renal impairment prior to colistin therapy. Escherichia coliand Pseudomonas aeruginosawere isolated from the abdominal cavity and amikacin was switched to colistin. O Polymyxin B is usually dosed by unit not mg o Note that with Polymyxin B each 500000 units is diluted in 300-500mL. 30 mg CBA 80 mg CMS 1 million International Units CMS. 4 Zeilen The dose to be administered and the treatment duration should take into account the severity of. The median daily dose was 021 020-021 million international unitskg equivalent to 68 65-69 mg of colistin base activity per kgday.