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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

Pharmacodynamic Target Attainment for Cefepime, Meropenem, and Piperacillin-Tazobactam Using a Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic-Based Dosing Calculator in Critically Ill Patients.

Emily L Heil, David P Nicolau, Andras Farkas, Jason A Roberts, Kerri A Thom

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Emily L HeilUniversity of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA eheil@rx.umaryland.edu.
David P NicolauCenter for Anti-Infective Research, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Andras FarkasOptimum Dosing Strategies, Bloomingdale, New Jersey, USA.
Jason A RobertsUniversity of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Centre for Translational Anti-infective Pharmacodynamics, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6218-435X
Kerri A ThomUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USHartford Hospital · USMount Sinai Hospital · USThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This was a prospective study to determine if pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD)-based antibiotic dosing software aids in achieving concentration targets in critically ill patients receiving cefepime (

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCefepimeCritical IllnessFemaleHumansMaleMeropenemMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedPiperacillinPiperacillin, Tazobactam Drug CombinationProspective StudiesTazobactamAnti-Bacterial AgentsCefepimeMeropenemPiperacillinPiperacillin, Tazobactam Drug CombinationTazobactambeta-lactamcritically illpharmacodynamicpharmacokinetic

Identifiers

PMID29967022
PMCPMC6125501
OpenAlexW2810311913

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