Antimicrobial safety considerations in critically ill patients: part I: focused on acute kidney injury.
Foroud ShahbaziLida ShojaeiFakhrossadat FarvadiSara KadivarianPublished in: Expert review of clinical pharmacology (2022)
Early estimation of kidney function with an accurate method may be helpful to optimize antimicrobial treatment in critically ill patients. Different antibiotic dosing regimens may be required for patients with acute kidney injury. In many low-resource settings, therapeutic drug monitoring is not available for antibiotics. Acute kidney injury may influence treatment effectiveness and patient outcome.