Population pharmacokinetics and probability of target attainment in patients with sepsis under renal replacement therapy receiving continuous infusion of meropenem: Sustained low-efficiency dialysis and continuous veno-venous haemodialysis.
Isabella WestermannSilke GastineCarsten MüllerWiebke RudolphFrank PetersFrank BloosMathias PletzStefan HagelPublished in: British journal of clinical pharmacology (2021)
We found relevant PK variability for meropenem CI in septic patients with or without RRT, leading to a substantial risk for overdosing in patients with RRT. This finding highlights the strong demand for personalized dosing in critically ill patients.