1.Pharmaceutical care for a patient with rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis
Xia WU ; Yinlong ZHAO ; Zhiqing ZHANG ; Weichong DONG
China Pharmacy 2024;35(12):1533-1538
OBJECTIVE To provide ideas for clinical diagnosis, treatment and pharmaceutical care of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM). METHODS The diagnosis and treatment of 1 case of ROCM in which clinical pharmacists participated were analyzed. Combined with treatment guidelines, the actual situation of drug accessibility and economy, clinical pharmacists recommend amphotericin B colloidal dispersion in combination with posaconazole to treat fungal infections. The clinical efficacy, liver and kidney function and electrolytes were monitored. To increase the local concentration of amphotericin B deoxycholate (AmB-D), clinical pharmacists assisted physicians in determining the dosage and formulation of AmB-D for intrathecal injection, intranasal and eye drops based on the results of blood and cerebrospinal fluid examinations. In response to the situation that the plasma trough concentration of posaconazole had not reached the target, clinical pharmacists recommended that Posaconazole oral suspension was replaced with Posaconazole enteric-coated tablets, and provided the patient with therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), individualized medication guidance, and long-term follow-up after discharge. RESULTS The clinician adopted the advice of the clinical pharmacists. After treatment, the patient was discharged from the hospital with medicine after her condition improved. CONCLUSIONS Clinical pharmacists develop individualized treatment protocols for ROCM patients by adjusting dose and dosage forms, providing medication monitoring and TDM to ensure the safety of drug use for patients.
2.Research progress in pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and therapeutic drug monitoring of biapenem
Xinglong TAO ; Yu ZHANG ; Xikun WU ; Xiaosong MA ; Tiantian ZHANG ; Xia WU ; Weichong DONG ; Ning SONG ; Zhiqing ZHANG
China Pharmacy 2023;34(15):1915-1920
Biapenem is a carbapenem antibiotic, and can be used for the treatment of sepsis, pneumonia, lung abscess, chronic respiratory lesions secondary infection, complex urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis, etc. This article reviewed the studies on the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of biapenem. The pharmacokinetic parameters of biapenem are not significantly different in healthy subjects, and there is no accumulation after multiple doses of biapenem. However, there are large differences in pharmacokinetic parameters in patients with severe disease and patients with abnormal renal function compared with healthy subjects, which leads to conventional treatment regimens not achieving the desired outcome. In terms of pharmacodynamics, biapenem can improve the rate of reaching the target value by increasing the frequency of administration and prolonging the infusion time. For patients with anuria in end-stage renal disease, dosing intervals can be extended to avoid drug accumulation. However, for patients with severe infection, a daily dose of 1.2 g still can not control infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii or Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which limits its use in patients with severe disease. It is recommended to implement TDM in severe patients and patients with abnormal renal function, and explore the best dosing regimen for biapenem in combination with pharmacokinetic models to ensure that the time that the free blood concentration of biapenem remains above minimum inhibitory concentration as a percentage of the time between doses (%fT>MIC) is within the effective range,so that biapenem can exert a greater efficacy in severe patients and patients with abnormal renal function. For medical institutions that cannot carry out TDM, the efficacy of biapenem can be maximized by increasing the frequency of administration and prolonging the infusion time. For infections caused by P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and Serratia marcescens with high drug resistance rates, it is recommended to combine or replace other antibiotics.