Pharmacokinetics–pharmacodynamics issues relevant for the clinical use of beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients

RP Veiga, JA Paiva - Critical Care, 2018 - Springer
Antimicrobials are among the most important and commonly prescribed drugs in the
management of critically ill patients and beta-lactams are the most common antibiotic class …

Recommendation of antimicrobial dosing optimization during continuous renal replacement therapy

L Li, X Li, Y Xia, Y Chu, H Zhong, J Li, P Liang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is more and more widely used in patients
for various indications recent years. It is still intricate for clinicians to decide a suitable …

Antibiotic dosing for critically ill adult patients receiving intermittent hemodialysis, prolonged intermittent renal replacement therapy, and continuous renal replacement …

BM Hoff, JH Maker, WE Dager… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To summarize current antibiotic dosing recommendations in critically ill patients
receiving intermittent hemodialysis (IHD), prolonged intermittent renal replacement therapy …

Meropenem use and therapeutic drug monitoring in clinical practice: a literature review

NA Steffens, ES Zimmermann… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
What is known and objective Meropenem, a carbapenem antibiotic, is widely prescribed for
the treatment of life‐threatening infections. The main parameter associated with its …

What's new in multidrug-resistant pathogens in the ICU?

G Zilahi, A Artigas, I Martin-Loeches - Annals of intensive care, 2016 - Springer
Over the last several decades, antibacterial drug use has become widespread with their
misuse being an ever-increasing phenomenon. Consequently, antibacterial drugs have …

Optimizing β-lactams treatment in critically-ill patients using pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics targets: are first conventional doses effective?

IK Delattre, FS Taccone, F Jacobs, M Hites… - Expert review of anti …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic index determining β-lactam activity is
the percentage of the dosing interval (% T) during which their free serum concentration …

Antimicrobial exposures in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

K Shekar, MH Abdul-Aziz, V Cheng… - American journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Data suggest that altered antimicrobial concentrations are likely during
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Objectives: The primary aim of this analysis …

Machines that help machines to help patients: optimising antimicrobial dosing in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and renal replacement …

JA Roberts, R Bellomo, MO Cotta, BCP Koch… - Intensive Care …, 2022 - Springer
Intensive care unit (ICU) patients with end-organ failure will require specialised machines or
extracorporeal therapies to support the failing organs that would otherwise lead to death …

In vitro removal of anti-infective agents by a novel cytokine adsorbent system

C König, AC Röhr, OR Frey… - … Journal of Artificial …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The aim of this study is to describe the in vitro adsorption of anti-infective drugs
onto an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber. Methods: Various anti-infective drugs (β-lactams …

Tissue penetration of antimicrobials in intensive care unit patients: a systematic review—part I

S Finazzi, G Luci, C Olivieri, M Langer, G Mandelli… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The challenging severity of some infections, especially in critically ill patients, makes the
diffusion of antimicrobial drugs within tissues one of the cornerstones of chemotherapy. The …