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- Title
Systemic tobramycin concentrations during selective decontamination of the digestive tract in intensive care unit patients on continuous venovenous hemofiltration.
- Authors
Mol, Meriel; Kan, Hendrikus; Schultz, Marcus; Jonge, Evert
- Abstract
To study whether selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) results in detectable serum tobramycin concentrations in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with acute renal failure treated with continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH). Prospective, observational, single-center study in a mixed medical–surgical ICU. Adult ICU patients receiving SDD for at least 3 days and being treated with CVVH because of acute renal failure. Tobramycin serum concentrations were measured at the 3rd day after start of CVVH and every 3 days thereafter. Detectable serum concentrations of tobramycin were found in 12 (63%) of 19 patients and in 15 (58%) of the 26 samples. With a toxic tobramycin concentration defined as more than 2.0 mg/l, we found one patient with a toxic concentration of 3.0 mg/l. In three other patients tobramycin concentrations of ≥ 1.0 mg/l were found. In patients with acute renal failure treated with CVVH, administration of SDD with tobramycin can lead to detectable and potentially toxic serum tobramycin concentrations.
- Subjects
TOBRAMYCIN; ALIMENTARY canal; INTENSIVE care units; ACUTE kidney failure; PATIENTS
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2008, Vol 34, Issue 5, p903
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-008-1020-0