The Seraph ®-100 Microbind Affinity Blood Filter Does Not Affect Vancomycin, Tacrolimus, and Mycophenolic Acid Plasma Concentrations
Extracorporeal blood purification is considered an adjunct therapy in critically ill patients with life-threatening conditions such as sepsis and septic shock. It consists of cytokine removal, removal of endotoxins, a combination of both, or the removal of pathogens themselves. The latter technique was introduced for clinical application very recently. This case study describes a case of a 69-year-old female lung transplant recipient patient with a persistent VV-ECMO-related septic deep vein thrombosis with continuous renal replacement therapy-dependent acute kidney injury initiated on the Seraph ®-100 Microbind Affinity Filter in order to control the persistent bacteraemia with coagulase-negative staphylococci. Drug plasma concentrations (vancomycin, tacrolimus, and mycophenolic acid) were measured before and after the device to calculate absorber-related drug clearance.Blood Purif
Source: Blood Purification - Category: Hematology Source Type: research
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