{"title":"Individualized drug dosage in patients treated with continuous hemofiltration.","authors":"F Keller, J Böhler, D Czock, D Zellner, A K Mertz","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Subtherapeutic drug dosing may be even more dangerous than overdosage, especially for intensive care patients requiring hemofiltration.</p><p><strong>Proposal: </strong>According to Dettli's fundamental equation, body clearance of any drug (Cl) is a linear function of creatinine clearance (Cl = Cl anur + a x C(Cr)), with [a = (Cl norm - Cl anur)/C(Cr), norm]. We propose to individualize drug dosage during high-flux hemofiltration by basing it on Dettli's equation and on total C(Cr) (C(Cr) tot = C(Cr) ren + C(Cr) filt). Using this approach, drug clearance will eventually be overestimated for drugs with substantial tubular secretion and for high-efficiency hemofiltration (C(Cr) tot > 30 ml/min).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In patients undergoing hemofiltration, the total C(Cr) approach might be a practical alternative to standardized dosing schemes for deriving an individualized dosage from published pharmacokinetic data and functions.</p>","PeriodicalId":17704,"journal":{"name":"Kidney international. Supplement","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Kidney international. Supplement","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Subtherapeutic drug dosing may be even more dangerous than overdosage, especially for intensive care patients requiring hemofiltration.
Proposal: According to Dettli's fundamental equation, body clearance of any drug (Cl) is a linear function of creatinine clearance (Cl = Cl anur + a x C(Cr)), with [a = (Cl norm - Cl anur)/C(Cr), norm]. We propose to individualize drug dosage during high-flux hemofiltration by basing it on Dettli's equation and on total C(Cr) (C(Cr) tot = C(Cr) ren + C(Cr) filt). Using this approach, drug clearance will eventually be overestimated for drugs with substantial tubular secretion and for high-efficiency hemofiltration (C(Cr) tot > 30 ml/min).
Conclusion: In patients undergoing hemofiltration, the total C(Cr) approach might be a practical alternative to standardized dosing schemes for deriving an individualized dosage from published pharmacokinetic data and functions.