Pharmacological Insights in Critical Care

Are contemporary antifungal doses sufficient for critically ill patients? Outcomes from an international, multicenter pharmacokinetics study for Screening Antifungal Exposure in Intensive Care Units—the SAFE-ICU study

Abstract Purpose Appropriate antifungal therapy is a major determinant of survival in critically ill patients with invasive fungal disease. We sought to describe whether contemporary dosing of antifungals achieves therapeutic exposures in critically ill patients. Methods In a prospective, open-label, multicenter pharmacokinetic study, intensive care unit (ICU) patients prescribed azoles, echinocandins, or polyene antifungals for […]

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