The
recommended whole blood concentration of tacrolimus is around 7 mcg/L at steady
state with as 12 h dosing interval. When this is standardized to a hematocrit
of 45% it is equivalent to around 10 mcg/L. Target concentration attainment is
improved using Bayesian forecasting and hematocrit based interpretation of
whole blood concentrations (Storset,
Holford et al. 2014).
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