International survey of antibiotic dosing and monitoring in adult intensive care units

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BACKGROUND: In recent years, numerous dosing studies have been conducted to optimize therapeutic antibiotic exposures in patients with serious infections. These studies have led to the inclusion of dose optimization recommendations in international clinical practice guidelines. The last international survey describing dosing, administration and monitoring of commonly prescribed antibiotics for critically ill patients was published in 2015 (ADMIN-ICU 2015). This study aimed to describe the evolution of practice since this time.

METHODS: A cross-sectional international survey distributed through professional societies and networks was used to obtain information on practices used in the dosing, administration and monitoring of vancomycin, piperacillin/tazobactam, meropenem and aminoglycosides.

RESULTS: A total of 538 respondents (71% physicians and 29% pharmacists) from 409 hospitals in 45 countries completed the survey. Vancomycin was mostly administered as an intermittent infusion, and loading doses were used by 74% of respondents with 25 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg the most favoured doses for intermittent and continuous infusions, respectively. Piperacillin/tazobactam and meropenem were most frequently administered as an extended infusion (42% and 51%, respectively). Therapeutic drug monitoring was undertaken by 90%, 82%, 43%, and 39% of respondents for vancomycin, aminoglycosides, piperacillin/tazobactam, and meropenem, respectively, and was more frequently performed in high-income countries. Respondents rarely used dosing software to guide therapy in clinical practice and was most frequently used with vancomycin (11%).

CONCLUSIONS: We observed numerous changes in practice since the ADMIN-ICU 2015 survey was conducted. Beta-lactams are more commonly administered as extended infusions, and therapeutic drug monitoring use has increased, which align with emerging evidence.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Critical care (London, England) - 27(2023), 1 vom: 19. Juni, Seite 241

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Williams, Paul G [VerfasserIn]
Tabah, Alexis [VerfasserIn]
Cotta, Menino Osbert [VerfasserIn]
Sandaradura, Indy [VerfasserIn]
Kanji, Salmaan [VerfasserIn]
Scheetz, Marc H [VerfasserIn]
Imani, Sahand [VerfasserIn]
Elhadi, Muhammed [VerfasserIn]
Luque-Pardos, Sònia [VerfasserIn]
Schellack, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Sanches, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Timsit, Jean-Francois [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Jiao [VerfasserIn]
Farkas, Andras [VerfasserIn]
Wilks, Kathryn [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, Jason A [VerfasserIn]
National Coordinators on behalf of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients [ESGCIP] [VerfasserIn]
Brinkmann, Alexander [Sonstige Person]
Ramanan, Mahesh [Sonstige Person]
Koulenti, Despoina [Sonstige Person]
Gurjar, Mohan [Sonstige Person]
Sulaiman, Helmi [Sonstige Person]
Shrestha, Gentle [Sonstige Person]
Cortegiani, Andrea [Sonstige Person]
Crespo, Monica [Sonstige Person]
Ling, Lowell [Sonstige Person]
Abidi, Khalid [Sonstige Person]
Schellongowski, Peter [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

157044-21-8
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Aminoglycosides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Beta-lactams
Drug monitoring
FV9J3JU8B1
Intensive care units
Journal Article
Meropenem
Piperacillin
Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination
Vancomycin
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.06.2023

Date Revised 23.06.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13054-023-04527-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35833487X