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Table 3 The effect of changing creatinine clearance on mean (50 th percentile) and 10 th percentile trough concentrations from the simulated ECMO patients (n = 1,000) receiving various meropenem doses

From: The combined effects of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and renal replacement therapy on meropenem pharmacokinetics: a matched cohort study

   

Dose

 

Creatinine clearance

Concentration percentile

500 mg 8-hrly

1 g 8-hrly

2 g 8-hrly

20

50th

18.9

26.4

76.4

 

10th

3.6

16.2

14.6

50

50th

14.5

19.7

58.8

 

10th

2.6

9.8

10.5

80

50th

10.0

14.8

39.7

 

10th

1.3

4.8

5.1

120

50th

7.6

11.1

30.0

 

10th

0.7

2.5

2.7

180

50th

5.6

7.9

21.7

 

10th

0.4

0.7

0.9

  1. These simulations assume that no significant accumulation of meropenem occurred in study population. ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.