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Population pharmacokinetic\u2013pharmacodynamic modeling was performed with NONMEM.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Twenty-eight patients with LOS treated with vancomycin were included. A one-compartment model with post-menstrual age (PMA) and weight as covariates was used to describe the time PK profile of vancomycin concentrations. In 16 of these patients, time profiles of BDL could be described with a pharmacodynamic turnover model. The relationship between vancomycin concentration and first-order BDL elimination was described with a linear-effect model. Slope <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic> increased with increasing PMA. 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