Effect of meropenem administration in extended infusion on the clinical outcome of febrile neutropenia: a retrospective observational study

C Fehér, M Rovira, A Soriano, J Esteve… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Information on the efficacy of extended meropenem administration in neutropenic
patients is scarce. Our objective was to determine whether the administration of meropenem …

Evaluation of meropenem‐ciprofloxacin combination dosage regimens for the pharmacokinetics of critically ill patients with augmented renal clearance

AA Agyeman, KE Rogers, JR Tait… - Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Augmented renal clearance (ARC, creatinine clearance> 130 mL/minute) makes difficult
achievement of effective concentrations of renally cleared antibiotics in critically ill patients …

The exploration of population pharmacokinetic model for meropenem in augmented renal clearance and investigation of optimum setting of dose

T Tamatsukuri, M Ohbayashi, N Kohyama… - Journal of Infection and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, augmented renal clearance (ARC), in which renal function is excessively
enhanced, has been reported, and its influence on β-lactam antibiotics has been …

Substantial impact of altered pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients on the antibacterial effects of meropenem evaluated via the dynamic hollow-fiber infection model

PJ Bergen, JB Bulitta, CMJ Kirkpatrick… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Critically ill patients frequently have substantially altered pharmacokinetics compared to non-
critically ill patients. We investigated the impact of pharmacokinetic alterations on bacterial …

Pharmacokinetic variability of beta-lactams in critically ill patients: a narrative review

C Boidin, P Moshiri, C Dahyot-Fizelier… - … Critical Care & Pain …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of antibacterial drugs is very common in critically ill patients and beta-lactam agents
are widely used in this context. Critically ill patients show several characteristics (eg, sepsis …

Prolonged infusion antibiotics for suspected gram-negative infections in the ICU: a before-after study

HM Arnold, JM Hollands, LP Skrupky… - Annals of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: β-Lactam antibiotics demonstrate time-dependent killing. Prolonged
infusion of these agents is commonly performed to optimize the time the unbound …

Pharmacokinetics of piperacillin and tazobactam in plasma and subcutaneous interstitial fluid in critically ill patients receiving continuous venovenous …

JM Varghese, P Jarrett, RJ Boots… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
This prospective pharmacokinetic study aimed to describe plasma and interstitial fluid (ISF)
pharmacokinetics of piperacillin and tazobactam in critically ill patients on continuous …

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in critically ill patients

JM Varghese, JA Roberts, J Lipman - Current Opinion in …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Studies have shown that critically ill patients display large variations in pharmacokinetics
mainly due to altered pathophysiology. An understanding of the pathophysiological changes …

Extended infusion of β-lactams for bloodstream infection in patients with liver cirrhosis: an observational multicenter study

M Bartoletti, M Giannella, RE Lewis… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background We analyzed the impact of continuous/extended infusion (C/EI) vs intermittent
infusion of piperacillin-tazobactam (TZP) and carbapenems on 30-day mortality of patients …

Meropenem combined with ciprofloxacin combats hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa from respiratory infections of cystic fibrosis patients

VE Rees, R Yadav, KE Rogers, JB Bulitta… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa organisms are prevalent in chronic respiratory
infections and have been associated with reduced lung function in cystic fibrosis (CF); these …