Abstract
Critically ill patients are typically polymedicated and therefore at a high risk for potential drug interactions. Clinical consequences of drugs interactions vary in severity from mild to lethal events. Since infection is an important issue in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a significant number of patients will receive an antimicrobial at some stage during their ICU admission. Therefore an adequate knowledge about possible interactions between antimicrobials and other drugs is necessary, since it may not only impact on the effectiveness of the antimicrobial but also in the incidence of drug adverse events.
This review describes important drug interactions involving antimicrobials in the critically ill patient.
Keywords: Antibiotics, antifungals, antimicrobials, drug-drug interactions, critically Ill, β-lactams, Macrolides, Ketolides and Azalides, Fluoroquinolones, Aminoglycosides, Vancomycin, Metronidazole, Daptomycin, Linezolid
Current Clinical Pharmacology
Title:Antimicrobial Drug Interactions in the Critically Ill Patients
Volume: 8 Issue: 1
Author(s): Jose M. Pereira and Jose A. Paiva
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Keywords: Antibiotics, antifungals, antimicrobials, drug-drug interactions, critically Ill, β-lactams, Macrolides, Ketolides and Azalides, Fluoroquinolones, Aminoglycosides, Vancomycin, Metronidazole, Daptomycin, Linezolid
Abstract: Critically ill patients are typically polymedicated and therefore at a high risk for potential drug interactions. Clinical consequences of drugs interactions vary in severity from mild to lethal events. Since infection is an important issue in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a significant number of patients will receive an antimicrobial at some stage during their ICU admission. Therefore an adequate knowledge about possible interactions between antimicrobials and other drugs is necessary, since it may not only impact on the effectiveness of the antimicrobial but also in the incidence of drug adverse events.
This review describes important drug interactions involving antimicrobials in the critically ill patient.
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M. Pereira Jose and A. Paiva Jose, Antimicrobial Drug Interactions in the Critically Ill Patients, Current Clinical Pharmacology 2013; 8 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1574884711308010005
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1574884711308010005 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3938 |
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