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ArticlePharmacotherapy2020

Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System Therapy with Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Enhanced Clearance of Piperacillin in a Pediatric Patient and Led to Failure to Attain Pharmacodynamic Targets.

Sonya Tang Girdwood, Trent Arbough, Min Dong, Tomoyuki Mizuno, Peter Tang, Alexander A Vinks, Jennifer Kaplan

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Article in Pharmacotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Piperacillin Pharmacokinetics in a Pediatric Patient With Primary Hyperoxaluria Receiving High-Dose Continuous Dialysis Post Liver-Kidney Transplant.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sonya Tang GirdwoodDivision of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7737-8499
Trent ArboughDepartment of Medical Education, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Min DongDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Tomoyuki MizunoDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Peter TangDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Alexander A VinksDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Jennifer KaplanDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

T32 Cincinnati Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Training ProgramT32HD069054 · NICHD · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI TRACY A GLAUSER, Sonya C Tang Girdwood · 2011 to 2026
$3.0M
NICHD NIH HHS 5T32HD069054-09NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD069054
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS), an extracorporeal support device used in patients with liver failure, specifically removes albumin-bound molecules, including antibiotics. Case reports in adult patients showed that MARS enhances the clearance of piperacillin. However, for those patients, pharmacodynamic targets were achieved when piperacillin/tazobactam was administered as extended infusions over 3-4 hours. In contrast, piperacillin/tazobactam is typically given as short intermittent infusions in children. No reports describe the effect of MARS on piperacillin pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamic target attainment in pediatric patients with liver failure. This case report describes the effects of MARS on piperacillin clearance and target attainment in a child with liver failure. It was noted that MARS, in conjunction with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), enhanced the clearance of piperacillin when compared with CRRT alone (6.4-7.4 L/hr vs 3.0 L/hr). Pharmacodynamic targets were not attained during MARS-CRRT cycles with free piperacillin concentrations being above 64 µg/ml for < 50% of dosing intervals, the goal target. We performed simulation analysis to identify a dosing regimen to optimize target attainment. For this patient, doses 3 times what she received over 3-hour extended infusions and an additional dose within 5 hours of cycle initiation would have led to target attainment throughout the MARS-CRRT cycles.

Indexed as

Continuous Renal Replacement TherapyAdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Administration ScheduleEnd Stage Liver DiseaseFemaleHumansInfusions, IntravenousPiperacillinAnti-Bacterial AgentsPiperacillinmolecular adsorbent recirculating systempharmacodynamicspharmacokineticspiperacillin

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PMID32916003
PMCPMC7580687
OpenAlexW3086738533

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