Continuous beta-lactam infusion in critically ill patients: the clinical evidence

MH Abdul-Aziz, JM Dulhunty, R Bellomo… - Annals of Intensive …, 2012 - Springer
… of beta-lactam antibiotics is preferable in critically ill patients. No significant difference between
these two dosing strategies in terms of patient … numbers of heterogeneous patient groups. …

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

RP Veiga, JA Paiva - Critical Care, 2018 - Springer
critically ill patients and beta-lactams are the most common antibiotic class used. Critically ill
patient’s … factors lead to altered pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of beta-lactams. …

Antibiotics in critically ill patients: a systematic review of the pharmacokinetics of β-lactams

J Gonçalves-Pereira, P Póvoa - Critical Care, 2011 - Springer
… in critically ill patients with septic shock. … The β-lactam antibiotics, because of their large
antimicrobial spectrum and low toxicity, are among the first-line therapies for critically ill patients, …

Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic considerations of beta-lactam antibiotics in adult critically ill patients

AM Masich, MS Heavner, JP Gonzales… - … infectious disease reports, 2018 - Springer
… There is a growing body of literature in adult patients demonstrating that physiological
alterations occurring in critically ill patients may limit our ability to optimally dose beta-lactam

Beta-lactam antibiotic therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Pai Mangalore, A Ashok, SJ Lee… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… In this analysis, we found no significant pooled effect of TDM-guided dosing of beta-lactams
on all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with suspected or proven sepsis. TDM-guided …

Subtherapeutic initial β-lactam concentrations in select critically ill patients

AA Udy, JM Varghese, M Altukroni, S Briscoe… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
… Given the strong possibility that many critically ill patients receive inadequate β-lactam
in the critically ill in whom ARC is suspected, to guide either the application of β-lactam TDM …

Setting the beta-lactam therapeutic range for critically ill patients: is there a floor or even a ceiling?

EF Barreto, AJ Webb, GM Pais, AD Rule… - Critical care …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… of critically ill patients has been observed with these strategies ( 16–18 ). With standard dosing
in critically ill patients, at least 30-fold variation in beta-lactamBeta-lactam concentrations …

Beta-lactam dosing in critically ill patients with septic shock and continuous renal replacement therapy

M Ulldemolins, S Vaquer, M Llauradó-Serra, C Pontes… - Critical care, 2014 - Springer
… Being small hydrophilic molecules, beta-lactams are likely to … in critically ill patients. This
article aims to describe the current clinical scenario for beta-lactam dosing in critically ill patients

Does beta-lactam pharmacokinetic variability in critically ill patients justify therapeutic drug monitoring? A systematic review

FB Sime, MS Roberts, SL Peake, J Lipman… - Annals of intensive …, 2012 - Springer
… Emerging data support the use of beta-lactam therapeutic … variability of beta-lactams in the
critically ill and to discuss the … to improve beta-lactam dosing in critically ill patients. Moreover…

Optimization of the treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients—guidelines from the French Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Société …

R Guilhaumou, S Benaboud, Y Bennis… - Critical Care, 2019 - Springer
… non-critically ill patients. In this context, the unpredictability of critical care patients’ exposure
to beta-lactam … for an individualization of the beta-lactam dose in critically ill patients [14, 15]. …