| Literature DB >> 17264824 |
Karin Hoogtanders1, Jaques van der Heijden, Maarten Christiaans, Afke van de Plas, Johannes van Hooff, Leo Stolk.
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The usefulness of dried blood spot (DBS) sampling for therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrolimus was investigated with renal transplant patients. There was no significant difference between the concentrations (ranging 3.33-53.9 mug/l) of 34 samples of 26 stable renal transplant outpatients, measured both after venous and DBS sampling. DBS sampling is easy to perform because concentrations with and without nurse assistance did not significantly differ. No significant difference was found between tacrolimus concentrations in 20 duplicate DBS samples before and after postal transport. DBS seems promising for routine patient monitoring.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17264824 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000250730.30715.63
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transplantation ISSN: 0041-1337 Impact factor: 4.939