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Articles tagged "Dosage"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Advantages of Computerized Dosing Strategy in Tacrolimus Treatment of Renal Transplant Patients.

    S.-Y. Kim,1 S. Cho,1 M.-J. Cho,1 C. Lee,1 A. Han,1 C. Choi,1 S. Ahn,1 S.-I. Min,1 S.-K. Min,1 M. Park,2 I. Jung,3 S. Kim,4 J. Ha.1,2

    1Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; 2Korea Organ Donation Agency, Seoul, Korea; 3Department of surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; 4Department of Surgery, Myoungji Hospital, Goyang-si, Korea.

    Purpose: Tacrolimus (Tac) is widely used in immunosuppression for kidney transplant (KT) patients. Despite this, it is still difficult for expert physicians to achieve and…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Achieving Timely Therapeutic Mycophenolic Acid Levels in Pediatric Lung Transplant Patients.

    C. Kam, S. Kim, E. Melicoff.

    Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.

    The purpose of this study was to determine the appropriate initial dose of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-CF lung transplant…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Tacrolimus Precision Medicine: Antibiotics Increase Intra-Patient Variability in Tacrolimus Trough Concentrations in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    Y. Zheng, J. Lee, A. Masand, D. Dadhania, M. Thangamani, M. Suthanthiran.

    Medicine/Nephrology and Hyeprtension, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

    BACKGROUND. The gut microbiome impacts drug absorption, metabolism, and distribution and was recently shown to be associated with tacrolimus dosing requirements. Since antibiotics can alter…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Mycophenolate Mofetil Dose Reduction Are Associated with the Risk of Acute Rejection and Graft Failure After Renal Transplantation.

    A. El-Agroudy,1 A. Taher,2 A. Alaradi,2 B. Alhayki,2 S. Gareeb,2 E. Farid.2

    1Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; 2Nephrology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain.

    Background: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a highly effective immunosuppressive agent in transplant therapy. Although MMF is generally well tolerated, optimal therapy may be limited by…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Factors and Outcomes Associated with Daptomycin Non-Susceptible Enterococcal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

    K. Younan,1 R. Lee,1 T. McCarty,1 D. Kunz,2 J. Locke,3 B. Camins,1 P. Pappas,1 J. Baddley,1 A. Nellore.1

    1Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 2Pharmacy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 3Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

    Background: Daptomycin non-susceptible enterococcal (DNSE) infections are associated with poor outcomes. Information regarding factors and outcomes of DNSE in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients (SOTR)…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Thymoglobulin Dosing Efficacy: The Role of ALC on Infection and Rejection

    H. Sarumi, C. Borscheid, G. Sieger, B. Fast, S. Hogan, K. Vassar, T. Pruett.

    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

    There are varied Thymoglobulin® (Thymo) induction regimens accepted among transplant programs. Our center uses five doses of Thymo at 1.25mg/kg, yielding a total goal of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Ideal Versus Total Body Weight Dosing of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Therapy on Patient Outcomes in High Immunological Risk Kidney Transplant

    M. Vacha, J. Gommer, A. Rege, S. Sanoff, D. Sudan, M. Harris.

    Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.

    BackgroundThe optimal dose of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) induction therapy in high immunological risk kidney transplantation (KTx) lacks consensus and the effect of dosing weight…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Assessment of Renal Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients Through Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Vancomycin

    A. Thamer, N. Elias, C. Varughese, T. Gift, J. Fishman, S. Shao.

    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

    Background: Determining the dose of renally eliminated drugs such as vancomycin in kidney transplant recipients is often challenging due to unclear tools to assess renal…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Opportunities in Tacrolimus Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

    N. Jandovitz, J. Lee, S. Hammad, J. McKeen, S. Martin, D. Tsapepas.

    Department of Pharmacy, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, NY.

    Tacrolimus requires diligent therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) to maintain appropriate serum concentrations after transplant. To optimize efficacy & minimize toxicity frequent levels are drawn, commonly…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Type of Tacrolimus Assay on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Need for Standardization

    M. Singh, S. Anwar, D. Brennan, R. Delos Santos.

    Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

    Background: Multiple assays are available for measuring tacrolimus (FK) levels and these are not currently standardized. A designated laboratory transitioned their FK assay from Enzyme…
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