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ReviewClinical pharmacokinetics2021

Antimicrobial Dose Reduction in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Myth or Real Need? A Practical Approach for Guiding Dose Optimization of Novel Antibiotics.

Milo Gatti, Federico Pea

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Review in Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Impact of extracorporeal circuits on systemic drug levels - a scoping review.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2026
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  5. PK/PD study of ceftazidime/avibactam in patients with severe intra-abdominal infections treated by continuous veno-venous hemofiltration.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  8. [Drug-drug interactions in critically ill patients].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025
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  12. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2025
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  15. Clinical outcomes and emergence of resistance ofAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2024
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Milo GattiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti, 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3018-3779
Federico PeaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti, 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy. federico.pea@unibo.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6966-7167
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute kidney injury represents a common complication in critically ill patients affected by septic shock and in many cases continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) may be required. In this scenario, antimicrobial dose optimization is highly challenging as the extracorporeal circuit may cause several pharmacokinetic alterations, which add up to volume of distribution and clearance variations resulting from sepsis. Variations in CRRT settings (i.e. modality of solute removal, type of filter material, blood flow rate and effluent flow rate), coupled with the presence of residual and/or recovering renal function, may cause dynamic variations in the clearance of hydrophilic antimicrobials. This means that dose reduction may not always be needed. Nowadays, the lack of pharmacokinetic data for novel antimicrobials during CRRT limits evidence-based dose recommendations for critically ill patients in this setting, thus making available evidence hardly applicable in real-world scenarios. This review aims to summarize the major determinants involved in antimicrobial clearance, and the available pharmacokinetic studies performed during CRRT involving novel antibiotics used for the management of multidrug-resistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative infections (namely ceftolozane-tazobactam, ceftazidime-avibactam, cefiderocol, imipenem-relebactam, meropenem-vaborbactam, ceftaroline, ceftobiprole, dalbavancin, and fosfomycin), providing a practical approach in guiding dose optimization in this special population.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsContinuous Renal Replacement TherapyAnti-Bacterial AgentsCritical IllnessDrug TaperingHumansRenal Replacement TherapyAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective Agents

Identifiers

PMID34125420
PMCPMC8505328
OpenAlexW3170316508

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