08-15-2011, 03:12 PM
A 43-year-old man with a 7-year history of chronic renal disease comes to the emergency department with a 5-day history of productive cough and shortness of breath. On physical ex- amination, he is found to have rales in the middle lobe of his right lung. An x-ray film of the chest shows consolidation in the same area, and he is started on levofloxacin. Which of the following indicates how the dosing of the levofloxacin would be different in this patient as compared to an otherwise healthy patient?
(A) Higher loading dose, higher maintenance dose
(B) Higher loading dose, same maintenance dose
© Lower loading dose, lower maintenance dose
(D) Lower loading dose, same maintenance dose
(E) Same loading dose, higher maintenance dose
(F) Same loading dose, lower maintenance dose
(G) Same loading dose, same maintenance dose
(A) Higher loading dose, higher maintenance dose
(B) Higher loading dose, same maintenance dose
© Lower loading dose, lower maintenance dose
(D) Lower loading dose, same maintenance dose
(E) Same loading dose, higher maintenance dose
(F) Same loading dose, lower maintenance dose
(G) Same loading dose, same maintenance dose