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- Title
Optimal Dosing of Meropenem in a Small Cohort of Critically Ill Children Receiving Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy.
- Authors
Tan, Wei Wei; Watt, Kevin M.; Boakye‐Agyeman, Felix; Cohen‐Wolkowiez, Michael; Mok, Yee Hui; Yung, Chee Fu; Chan, Yoke Hwee
- Abstract
Severe sepsis is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in critically ill children. Meropenem is a broad‐spectrum antibiotic commonly used to treat sepsis. Current meropenem dosage recommendations for children on continuous renal replacement therapy are extrapolated from pharmacokinetic (PK) studies done in adults. Our study aims to determine the optimal dosing in critically ill septic children receiving continuous renal replacement therapy. A prospective single‐center PK study was performed in 9 children in the intensive care unit on continuous renal replacement therapy. Meropenem concentrations were measured from blood and effluent fluid samples. A population PK model was developed using nonlinear mixed‐effects modeling software (NONMEM, AstraZeneca UK Ltd, Cheshire, UK). Monte Carlo simulations were performed. The PK/pharmacodynamic target aimed for plasma concentrations above minimum inhibitory concentration of 4 mg/L for 100% of dosing interval (100%ƒT>MIC). A 2‐compartment model best characterized meropenem PK. Mean (range) clearance and elimination half‐life was 0.091 L/h/kg (0.04–0.157) and 3.9 hours (2.1–7.5), respectively. Dosing of 40 mg/kg/dose every 12 hours over 30 minutes achieved PK/PD target in only 32% while 20 mg/kg every 8 hours over 4 hours or 40 mg/kg every 8 hours over 2 hours achieved 100% ƒT>MIC target for at least 90% of simulated patients.
- Subjects
MEROPENEM; INTENSIVE care units; COMPUTER software; CRITICALLY ill; CHAOS theory; PATIENTS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HEMODIALYSIS; DATA analysis software; LONGITUDINAL method; PHARMACODYNAMICS; CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2021, Vol 61, Issue 6, p744
- ISSN
0091-2700
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jcph.1798