Academic Journal

Cystatin C: A Primer for Pharmacists

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Cystatin C: A Primer for Pharmacists
المؤلفون: Hilary R. Teaford, Jason N. Barreto, Kathryn J. Vollmer, Andrew D. Rule, Erin F. Barreto
المصدر: Pharmacy; Volume 8; Issue 1; Pages: 35
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: cystatin C, biomarker, kidney function, pharmacokinetics, estimated glomerular filtration rate, muscle mass, sarcopenia, critical illness
الوصف: Pharmacists are at the forefront of dosing and monitoring medications eliminated by or toxic to the kidney. To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of these medications, accurate measurement of kidney function is paramount. The mainstay of kidney assessment for drug dosing and monitoring is serum creatinine (SCr)-based estimation equations. Yet, SCr has known limitations including its insensitivity to underlying changes in kidney function and the numerous non-kidney factors that are incompletely accounted for in equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Serum cystatin C (cysC) is a biomarker that can serve as an adjunct or alternative to SCr to evaluate kidney function for drug dosing. Pharmacists must be educated about the strengths and limitations of cysC prior to applying it to medication management. Not all patient populations have been studied and some evaluations demonstrated large variations in the relationship between cysC and GFR. Use of eGFR equations incorporating cysC should be reserved for drug management in scenarios with demonstrated outcomes, including to improve pharmacodynamic target attainment for antibiotics or reduce drug toxicity. This article provides an overview of cysC, discusses evidence around its use in medication dosing and in special populations, and describes practical considerations for application and implementation.
نوع الوثيقة: text
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
Relation: Pharmacy Practice and Practice-Based Research; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8010035
DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy8010035
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8010035
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.7EAFE89E
قاعدة البيانات: BASE