TABLE 3.
Risk of toxicity for different meropenem dosing regimens in non-trauma patients with different CRRT doses
| Infusion type and dosing regimen | Risk of toxicity (%) with CRRT dose of: |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 25 mL/h/kg | 35 mL/h/kg | 50 mL/h/kg | |
| Short-term infusion (30 min) | |||
| 0.5 g q6h | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 g q6h | 7.03 | 0.78 | 0 |
| 2 g q6h | 57.36 | 44.34 | 21.58 |
| 0.5 g q8h | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 g q8h | 0.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 g q8h | 26.38 | 11.94 | 0.9 |
| 0.5 g q8h | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 g q12h | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 g q12h | 1.95 | 0.04 | 0 |
| Prolonged infusion (3 h) | |||
| 1 g q8h | 0.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 g q8h | 26.81 | 14.59 | 0.84 |
| 1 g q12h | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 g q12h | 1.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Continuous infusion | |||
| 2 g q24h | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 g q24h | 0.72 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 g q24h | 12.70 | 3.57 | 0 |
| 6 g q24h | 56.65 | 43.82 | 20.09 |