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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2011, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (5): 538-544.

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Clinical analysis of therapeutic drug monitoring and drug dosage for ICU patients treated with teicoplanin

LI Hao1,3, WANG Xue1, DONG Hai-yan2, DONG Ya-lin2, TIAN Gang3   

  1. 1Department of Critical Care Medicine First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University,
    2Department of Pharmacy,
    3Department of Cardiology, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2011-04-15 Revised:2011-05-11 Published:2011-07-08

Abstract: AIM: To study the necessity of TDM and a reasonable dose of teicoplanin.METHODS: The clinical data of 20 patients who were suffered with severe infection and treated with teicoplanin were retrospectively analyzed.According to the MID, patients were divided into two groups: group1 (MID=533.33 mg/d, n=10), group2 (MID<533.33 mg/d, n=10).The Cmin of teicoplanin was measured by HPLC.RESULTS: The Cmin of teicoplanin was closely related to initial dose, Pearson correlation was 0.685 and the correlation was significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). The Cmin and the therapeutic effect of patients who were accepted the initial load dose of teicoplanin was higher and better than the patients who weren't accepted the initial load dose (P<0.01).There was no statistically difference in two groups with the frequency of side-effect.CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that a regular initial load dose of teicoplanin make it possible to rapidly attain an optimal trough concentration and acquire a good therapeutic effect.It is necessary for ICU patient who is treated with teicoplanin to regulate dose by the result of TDM to avoid the side-effect.

Key words: Antibiotic, Teicoplanin, Therapeutic drug monitoring, Load dose

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