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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 32, 2019 - Issue 19
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Original Article

Daily gentamicin using ideal body weight demonstrates lower risk of postpartum endometritis and increased chance of successful outcome compared with traditional 8-hour dosing for the treatment of intrapartum chorioamnionitis

Daniel MartinganoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine, NY, USA; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University Langone Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA; ;Department of Biomedical Informatics, Rutgers University School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Audrey RensonDepartment of Clinical Research and Statistics, New York University Langone Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA;
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Sharon RogoffDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA;
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Shailini SinghNewark Beth Israel Medical Center, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Newark, NJ, USA;
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Meera Kesavan NasirDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University Langone Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA;
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Juliette KimDepartment of Pharmacy, New York University Langone Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA;
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Jeanne CareyNew, York University Langone Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Pages 3204-3208 | Received 10 Dec 2017, Accepted 29 Mar 2018, Published online: 12 Apr 2018

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