Observational studyCritical care (London, England)2018
Predictors of insufficient peak amikacin concentration in critically ill patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Observational study in Critical care (London, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Systematic review of high-dose amikacin regimens for the treatment of Gram-negative infections based on EUCAST dosing recommendations.European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2023Pooled it
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- ECMO for patients with obesity: evidence and practice.Intensive care medicine · 2026Review
- Antimicrobial pharmacokinetics and stewardship in critically Ill adult patients receiving ECMO: Challenges, evidence, and future directions.JHLT open · 2026Article
- Optimizing Drug Therapy in ECMO-Supported Critically Ill Adults: A Narrative Review and Clinical Guide.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A narrative review on antimicrobial dosing in adult critically ill patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Review
- Machines that help machines to help patients: optimising antimicrobial dosing in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and renal replacement therapy using dosing software.Intensive care medicine · 2022Review
- Population Pharmacokinetics of Amikacin in Patients on Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.Pharmaceutics · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Current Amikacin Dosing Recommendations and Development of an Interactive Nomogram: The Role of Albumin.Pharmaceutics · 2021Article
- [Clinical pharmacokinetics of anti-infective drugs in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation].Der Anaesthesist · 2019Review
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted patients.Annals of translational medicine · 2018Review
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13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAmikacin infusion requires targeting a peak serum concentration (C
methodsThis was a prospective, observational, monocentric study in a university hospital. Patients on ECMO who received an amikacin loading dose for suspected Gram-negative infections were included. The amikacin loading dose of 25 mg/kg total body weight was administered intravenously and C
resultsA total of 106 patients on venoarterial ECMO (VA-ECMO) (68%) or venovenous-ECMO (32%) were included. At inclusion, their median (1st; 3rd quartile) Sequential Organ-Failure Assessment score was 15 (12; 18) and 54 patients (51%) were on renal replacement therapy. Overall ICU mortality was 54%. C
conclusionsECMO-treated patients were under-dosed for amikacin in one third of cases. Increasing the dose to 35 mg/kg of body weight in low-BMI patients and those with positive 24-h fluid balance on ECMO to reach adequate targeted concentrations should be investigated.
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