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The pharmacokinetics of cefotaxime and ceftriaxone in renal and hepatic dysfunction

Pharmakokinetik von Cefotaxim und Ceftriaxon bei gestörter Nieren- und Leberfunktion

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The pharmacokinetics of cefotaxime, its desacetyl metabolite and ceftriaxone were studied in 72 patients with various degrees of renal and hepatic failure. Patients with severe renal failure (creatinine clearance 3 to 10 ml/min) had a cefotaxime serum half-life of 2.6 h, a desacetyl cefotaxime serum half-life of 10 h and ceftriaxone serum half-life of 17 h. In the case of ceftriaxone, this serum half-life could be very variable — increasing to over 50 h, possibly due to co-existing hepatic dysfunction. Increases in serum half-life were found for cefotaxime in the presence of liver disease.

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Die Pharmakokinetik von Cefotaxim, seines Desacetyl-Metaboliten und von Ceftriaxon wurde bei 72 Patienten mit unterschiedlichem Grad an Nieren- und Leberinsuffizienz untersucht. Patienten mit schwerer Niereninsuffizienz (Kreatinin-Clearance 3 bis 10 ml/min) hatten eine Cefotaxim-Serumhalbwertszeit von 2,6 Stunden; die Halbwertszeit von Desacetyl-Cefotaxim betrug 10 Stunden und von Ceftriaxon 17 Stunden. Bei Ceftriaxon variierten die Halbwertszeiten sehr stark und stiegen auf über 50 Stunden an, möglicherweise ist dies auf eine gleichzeitig bestehende Leberinsuffizienz zurückzuführen. Bei Patienten mit Leberinsuffizienz wurden erhöhte Halbwertszeiten für Cefotaxim gefunden.

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Wise, R., Wright, N. The pharmacokinetics of cefotaxime and ceftriaxone in renal and hepatic dysfunction. Infection 13 (Suppl 1), S145–S150 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01644237

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