Article
[Therapeutic drug monitoring: A pharmacotherapeutic tool in psychiatry].
Praxis - 26 Apr 2006
Stephan P L, Etzensberger M, Jaquenoud Sirot E
Abstract excerpt
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is used increasingly for managing psychiatric outpatients, where the preanalytic error risk is high. Blood samples must be collected under steady-state conditions immediately before ingestion of the morning dose or before the next injection. In order to interpret the plasma levels accurately, age, gender, ethnicity, compliance, drug dosage, renal and hepatic function and...
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