A Comparison of Peripheral and Centrally Collected Cyclosporine A Blood Levels in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplant

Anne Mary Senner

Karen Johnston

Andrew J. McLachlan

B. Pharm

ONF 2005, 32(1), 73-77. DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.73-77

Purpose/Objectives: To measure differences in cyclosporine A (CSA) trough concentrations from blood collected as a peripheral sample and from a CSA-uncontaminated (naive) lumen of a double-lumen central line.

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