Therapeutic Monitoring of Drugs and Pharmacokinetics

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a tool that can guide the clinician to provide an effective and safe drug therapy in the individual patient. It is a team work tool. The clinical pharmacist plays an important role to guide the team conformed by doctors, nurses and laboratory professionals. TDM i...

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Autor: Robles Piedras, Ana Luisa
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO
Repositorio:Educación y salud Boletín Científico Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.uaeh.edu.mx:article/5720
Acesso em linha:https://repository.uaeh.edu.mx/revistas/index.php/ICSA/article/view/5720
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Therapeutic
drug
monitoring
pharmacokinetics
Monitoreo
terapéutico
fármacos
farmacocinética
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Resumo:Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a tool that can guide the clinician to provide an effective and safe drug therapy in the individual patient. It is a team work tool. The clinical pharmacist plays an important role to guide the team conformed by doctors, nurses and laboratory professionals. TDM involves not only measuring drug concentrations, but also the clinical interpretation of the result. This requires knowledge of the pharmacokinetics, sampling time, drug history, the patient's clinical condition and specific laboratory results.