| PATIENT NAME | ROOM NUMBER | |
The following medication has been ordered: |
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Based on the Cockroft and Gault Equation and a serum creatinine of drawn on , the estimated creatinine clearance is ml/min. Based on the above CrCl, it is recommended that the dose of Levaquin be changed to: |
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Pharmacist's Name | ||
| Levofloxacin Dosing with Renal Function Impairment | ||
| Renal status | Initial dose | Subsequent dose |
| Acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis/Community-acquired pneumonia/Acute maxillary sinusitis/Uncomplicated SSSI | ||
| Crcl from 50 to 80 ml/min Crcl from 20 to 49 ml/min Crcl from 10 to 19 ml/min Hemodialysis CAPD |
No dosage adjustment required | |
| 500 mg | 250 mg every 24 hours | |
| 500 mg | 250 mg every 48 hours | |
| 500 mg | 250 mg every 48 hours | |
| 500 mg | 250 mg every 48 hours | |
| Complicated UTI/Acute pyelonephritis/Uncomplicated UTI | ||
| CrCl >20 ml/min CrCl from 10 to 19 ml/min |
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| No dosage adjustment required | ||
| 250 mg | 250 mg every 48 hours | |