Systemic absorption of endotracheally administered aminoglycosides in seriously ill patients with pneumonia.
AUTOR(ES)
Crosby, S S
RESUMO
A study was performed with 10 hospitalized patients to determine the percentage of an aminoglycoside dose (tobramycin or gentamicin) that is absorbed systemically after being instilled into the endotracheal tube at steady state. All patients were on respirators, had indwelling urinary catheters, and had creatinine clearances estimated to be greater than or equal to 40 ml/min. Tobramycin or gentamicin (40 mg) was instilled every 4 h directly into the endotracheal tube. Nine patients also received systemically a different aminoglycoside from that administered through the endotracheal tube. Urine was collected over a 4-h dosing interval at steady state (after at least 5 doses of the drug). The amount of aminoglycoside excreted over the 4-h interval was measured and expressed as percentage of the dose administered over that period. The range of percentage of dose absorbed was 1.5 to 34%, with a mean of 16.7 +/- 11.4% standard deviation and a median of 16.5%. The coefficient of variation was 68%. Levels of the endotracheally administered aminoglycoside in serum were measured, and all were less than 1.0 microgram/ml. While a large degree of variability in absorption was observed in this study, significant amounts of aminoglycosides could be absorbed in some patients. However, levels apparently did not accumulate in sera of patients with adequate renal function, and an empirical dosage reduction in intravenous aminoglycoside should not be necessary with the addition of endotracheally instilled aminoglycoside in patients with creatinine clearances greater than 40 ml/min.
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