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E Tarral

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PubMed1994

Determination of fosfomycin in biological fluids by capillary electrophoresis.

A capillary electrophoresis method was developed for the determination of the antibiotic fosfomycin in serum, cerebrospinal fluid and aqueous humor. The technique uses indirect UV detection and the working buffer includes an organic cation to improve fosfomycin mobility. The electrophoretic time of migration is less than 7 min in both fluids. The limit of quantification is 2.5 and 1 microgram/ml in serum and aqueous fluids, respectively (signal-to-noise ratio = 3). The method was validated in serum and water over the concentration range 2.5-200 micrograms/ml. The calibration graph for serum was linear with a correlation coefficient r = 0.999. At a fosfomycin concentration of 2.5 micrograms/ml in serum, the intra- and inter-day precisions (coefficients of variation) were 5 and 5.2%, respectively. The mean recovery in serum was 94.5% (S.D. = 2.4%).

Aqueous Humor↗
PubMed1988

Sequential hypertonic haemodialysis in children.

Sequential hypertonic dialysis (SHD) was studied in two binephrectomized children over a period of 6 weeks. Each dialysis session comprised four periods of 45 min. The concentration of sodium in the dialysate [Na(D)] during the first period was 190 mmol/l and during the second period 140 mmol/l. The sequence was then repeated. The sodium-free water clearance [C(ONa)] was calculated from the measurements of the ultrafiltrate clearance and of the sodium clearance. Despite the short periods of hypertonic dialysis, C(ONa) was positive, suggesting that water was removed from the intracellular compartment as well as from the extracellular fluid. The transfer of fluid from the intracellular space improved circulatory stability during rapid removal of large volumes of fluid by ultrafiltration. SHD was also associated with increased removal of potassium and phosphate. Comparison of clinical parameters before and during SHD showed a tendency towards increased sodium balance and the possibility of raised cardiovascular morbidity. SHD stabilized blood volume during ultrafiltration, encouraging removal of uraemic toxins. SHD with this level of Na(D) is only a study dialysis method.

Child↗
PubMed1988

Pharmacokinetics of teicoplanin in children.

A single dose of 6 mg/kg teicoplanin was infused over 10 min in six children of mean age 7 years, and a single dose of 6 mg/kg was infused over 20 min in four neonates of mean age 8.5 days. Serum sampling was performed at 0 and 10 min and at 1, 4, 12 and 24 h and thereafter 24-hourly, up to ten days. Urine was collected for each 24 h throughout the study in children. Teicoplanin was assayed by high performance liquid chromatography. Tolerability of teicoplanin was excellent both in children and in neonates. For all the patients the serum concentrations of teicoplanin followed an open two-compartment model. Mean Cmax was 48.6 +/- 16.7 mg/l (10 min) in children, and 19.6 +/- 1.05 mg/l (20 min) in neonates, and mean t1/2 beta was 20.5 +/- 5.5 h and 30.3 +/- 6.3 h, respectively. On the basis of the results dosage recommendations for children and neonates are made.

Adolescent↗
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[Determination of enoximone and its principle metabolite in serum and urine using high pressure liquid chromatography].

We developed a high performance liquid chromatography method for the monitoring of enoximone and its main metabolite in serum and urine. Samples handling involves a unique chemical extraction step by ethylacetate. Serum needs at first to be deproteinized by acetonitril. The chromatographic separation is realized on a reversed phase analytical column by gradient elution with acetonitrile. Quantification is by U.V. absorbance at 365 nm. We compared our new method with the method so far considered as reference one. When specificity, accuracy and linearity of both procedures are similar, we greatly enhanced the detection limit [(5 ng/ml for (E) and (SE)] and the practicability: ease of use, rapidity and lower cost.

Cardiotonic Agents↗