Antibiotic therapeutic drug monitoring in intensive care patients treated with different modalities of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and renal replacement therapy: a prospective, observational single-center study.
Dennis KühnCarlos MetzFrederik SeilerHolger WehrfritzSophie RothMohammad AlqudrahAndré BeckerHendrik BrachtStefan WagenpfeilMathias HoffmannRobert BalsUlrich HübnerJürgen GeiselPhilipp M LepperSören Leif BeckerPublished in: Critical care (London, England) (2020)
ECMO treatment was associated with significantly reduced serum concentrations of specific antibiotics. Future studies are needed to assess the pharmacokinetic characteristics of antibiotics in ICU patients on ECMO support.