Antimicrobial therapy during ECMO - customised dosing with therapeutic drug monitoring: The way to go?

Affiliations

¹ University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia.
² Adult Intensive Care Services, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Australia; Critical Care Research Group, Centre of Research Excellence for Advanced Cardiorespiratory Therapies Improving Organ Support (ACTIONS), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
³ University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Department of Pharmacy, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Centre for Translational Anti-infective Pharmacodynamics, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), QLD, Australia. Electronic address: j.roberts2@uq.edu.au.

Editorial

Mohd H Abdul-Aziz et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;38(5):451-453.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.07.005. Epub 2019 Jul 16.

¹ University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia.
² Adult Intensive Care Services, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Australia; Critical Care Research Group, Centre of Research Excellence for Advanced Cardiorespiratory Therapies Improving Organ Support (ACTIONS), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
³ University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Department of Pharmacy, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Centre for Translational Anti-infective Pharmacodynamics, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), QLD, Australia. Electronic address: j.roberts2@uq.edu.au.

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Keywords: Antibiotics; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Pharmacokinetics; Therapeutic drug monitoring.

Comment on

PHARMECMO: Therapeutic drug monitoring and adequacy of current dosing regimens of antibiotics in patients on Extracorporeal Life Support.
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