In vitro evaluation of an intravenous microdialysis catheter for therapeutic drug monitoring of gentamicin and vancomycin

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A central venous catheter with a built-in microdialysis membrane is available for continuous lactate and glucose monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU). As this catheter might also be suitable for repeated measurements of unbound drug levels, we studied in vitro the feasibility of monitoring unbound antibiotic concentrations. The catheter was placed in various media at 37°C spiked with gentamicin or vancomycin. Dialysate fractions were repeatedly collected over 3 hours with a NaCl 0.9% perfusate flow of 5 μL/min. Total and unbound drug concentrations in medium and perfusate were measured by immunoassay. After 60 minutes stable recovery for both drugs was observed, with mean ±SD relative recoveries of vancomycin and gentamicin in human serum of 64% ±0.4% and 73% ±3%. The recoveries of the unbound concentrations were 91% ±3% and 91% ±4%. This intravenous microdialysis system may be a very useful platform for therapeutic drug monitoring in the ICU.

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van der Mast, J. E., Nijsten, M. W., Alffenaar, J. W. C., Touw, D. J., & Bult, W. (2019). In vitro evaluation of an intravenous microdialysis catheter for therapeutic drug monitoring of gentamicin and vancomycin. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.483

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