d="par0005">Obesity is likely to cause alterations to antimicrobial pharmacokinetics (PK).
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="par0010">Hydrophilic antimicrobials may display altered PK in obese critically ill patients.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="par0015">Loading doses of vancomycin should be based on total body weight in obese patients.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="par0020">In most studies standard dosage regimens of antimicrobials are sufficient to achieve pharmacodynamic targets.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="par0025">Larger antimicrobial doses may be required for pathogens with higher MICs.
dd>dl>