The emergence of MRSA, dubbed a ‘superbug’ due to its resistance to many antibiotic drugs, has resulted in the glycopeptide antibiotic Vancomycin being commonly prescribed for patients in hospital.

When prescribing medicine to children, doctors often rely on guidelines that simply scale down the dosage that adults receive. This imprecise and common practice fails to capture the nuances of ...

Investigators compare efficacy of low- versus high-dose of methylprednisolone in preventing pulmonary lesions in children with severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is ...

March 13 (UPI) --Researchers at a children's hospital in Minnesota have developed a pediatric appendicitis risk calculator to aid in the diagnosis of the disease. Researchers at Children's Minnesota, ...

Five days prior to admission for BMT, patients received a 0.5 mg/kg test dose of busulfan. Pharmacokinetic analysis was used to calculate a target dose to achieve a Bu Css range of 600–900 ng/ml ± 10% ...