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Guidelines for intravenous aminophylline treatment, including therapeutic range, signs of toxicity, plasma clearance, and dosing instructions. It also lists drugs that can increase or decrease plasma theophylline levels. Use this document to calculate doses based on patient weight and determine infusion rates.
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Therapeutic Range: 55 – 110 μmol/L Signs of Toxicity: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, tremor, epigastric pain, headache, insomnia, hypotension, cardiac arrhythmias and convulsions Plasma Clearance: Theophylline clearance is reduced in patients with severe congestive heart failure, cor pulmonale, pulmonary oedema, severe liver disease and hypoxaemic state. The dose may need to be lowered in these patients Theophylline clearance is increased in smokers Plasma Theophylline levels may be increased by