Development of acute kidney injury during continuous infusion of vancomycin in septic patients

PURPOSE: Few data are available on the occurrence of renal failure during continuous infusion of vancomycin in critically ill patients.

METHODS: We reviewed the data of all patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) between January 2008 and December 2009 in whom vancomycin was given as a continuous infusion for more than 48 h in the absence of renal replacement therapy. We collected data on the doses of vancomycin and blood concentrations during therapy. Acute kidney injury (AKI) was defined as a daily urine output <0.5 ml/kg/h and/or an increase in the serum creatinine of ≥0.3 mg/dl from baseline levels during vancomycin therapy or within 72 h after its discontinuation. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of AKI.

RESULTS: Of 207 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 50 (24 %) developed AKI. These patients were more severely ill, had lower creatinine clearance at admission, were more frequently exposed to other nephrotoxic agents, had a longer duration of therapy, and had higher concentrations of vancomycin during the first 3 days of treatment (C(mean)). The C(mean) was independently associated with early AKI (within 48 h from the onset of therapy) and the duration of vancomycin administration with late AKI.

CONCLUSIONS: AKI occurred in almost 25 % of critically ill patients treated with a continuous infusion of vancomycin. Vancomycin concentrations and duration of therapy were the strongest variables associated with the development of early and late AKI during therapy, respectively.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Infection - 41(2013), 4 vom: 08. Aug., Seite 811-20

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cianferoni, S [VerfasserIn]
Devigili, A [VerfasserIn]
Ocampos-Martinez, E [VerfasserIn]
Penaccini, L [VerfasserIn]
Scolletta, S [VerfasserIn]
Abdelhadii, A [VerfasserIn]
De Backer, D [VerfasserIn]
Beumier, M [VerfasserIn]
Jacobs, F [VerfasserIn]
Vincent, J-L [VerfasserIn]
Taccone, F S [VerfasserIn]

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6Q205EH1VU
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vancomycin

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Date Completed 22.10.2013

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s15010-013-0460-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM226545385