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It has been recommended that the dosing interval of pentamidine be extended to 48 hours for patients with a GFR less than 10 ml/min [173] and that there is no need for dosing after hemo or peritoneal dialysis. However, Conte in his report [141], suggested that dose reduction of pentamidine for renal impairment is unnecessary and noted that while his patients had mild to moderate PCP, it remains unknown whether the pharmacokinetics of pentamidine might be altered in more severely ill patients. 

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Selected Applications of Dialysis, Gas Diffusion, Pervaporation, Filtration, Distillation and Precipitation—cont d... 

LocateUi, F., AndruUi, S., Pecchini, F., Pedrini, L., AgUata, S., Lucchi, L., Farina, M., La MUia, V., Grassi, C., Borghi, M., RedaeUi, B., Conte, F., Ratto, G., Cabiddu, G., Grossi, C., and Modenese, R. (2000). Effect of high-flux dialysis on the anemia of hemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 15, 1399. 

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