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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2013

Electronic estimations of renal function are inaccurate in solid-organ transplant recipients and can result in significant underdosing of prophylactic valganciclovir.

J Trevillyan, P Angus, E Shelton, J Whitlam, F Ierino, J Pavlovic, D Gregory, K Urbancic, J Torresi, A Testro and 1 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Risk Factors for Breakthrough Cytomegalovirus Infections While on Prophylaxis in Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Recipients.Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J TrevillyanAustin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. Janine.trevillyan@monash.edu
P Angus
E Shelton
J Whitlam
F Ierino
J Pavlovic
D Gregory
K Urbancic
J Torresi
A Testro
M L Grayson
Austin Health · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a prospective study of solid-organ transplant recipients (n = 22; 15 hepatic and 7 renal) receiving valganciclovir for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis, electronic estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) underestimated the true GFR (24-h urine creatinine clearance) by >20% in 14/22 (63.6%). Its use was associated with inappropriate underdosing of valganciclovir, while the Cockroft-Gault equation was accurate in 21/22 patients (95.4%). Subtherapeutic ganciclovir levels (≤ 0.6 mg/liter) were common, occurring in 10/22 patients (45.4%); 7 had severely deficient levels (<0.3 mg/liter).

Indexed as

Glomerular Filtration RateKidney TransplantationLiver TransplantationAdultAntiviral AgentsCreatineCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsElectronic Data ProcessingFemaleGanciclovirHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesAntiviral AgentsCreatineGanciclovirValganciclovir

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PMID23733466
PMCPMC3719737
OpenAlexW1982960418

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