Drs. Anne-Grete Märtson, Megan Wimmer, and Evan Clemens join Dr. Erin McCreary to tackle the one of the hottest debates among providers taking care of immunocompromised patients, valganciclovir dosing! Learn all about the history of valganciclovir dosing, what is valganciclovir’s PK/PD target, and even valganciclovir therapeutic drug monitoring.
References:
- Märtson AG, Edwina AE, Kim HY, Knoester M, Touw DJ, Sturkenboom MGG, Alffenaar JC. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Ganciclovir: Where Are We? Ther Drug Monit. 2022 Feb 1;44(1):138-147. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000000925. PMID: 34610621; PMCID: PMC8746890.
- Wiltshire H, Paya CV, Pescovitz MD, Humar A, Dominguez E, Washburn K, Blumberg E, Alexander B, Freeman R, Heaton N, Zuideveld KP; Valganciclovir Solid Organ Transplant Study Group. Pharmacodynamics of oral ganciclovir and valganciclovir in solid organ transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2005 Jun 15;79(11):1477-83. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000164512.99703.ad. PMID: 15940035.
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