Short Versus Extended Duration Vancomycin and Piperacillin/Tazobactam and the Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury in Noncritically Ill Patients

BACKGROUND: Vancomycin plus piperacillin-tazobactam (VPT) is a commonly used empiric combination of antimicrobials. Recently, studies have demonstrated an increase in acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with combination therapy of VPT. However, the majority of studies required patients to be on VPT for a minimum of 48 to 72 hours to be considered for inclusion and had extended treatment durations longer than most empiric, short course regimens.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the incidence of AKI in noncritically ill patients being treated with VPT for short-courses (24 to 60 hours) compared to patients receiving extended-courses (72 hours to 7 days).

METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study comparing the incidence of AKI in noncritically ill patients receiving VPT for short and extended durations between January 2016 and August 2018. Fishers exact tests were used for differences in nominal data between groups and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for continuous data.

RESULTS: Of the 2567 screened, 154 patients were included in the short-course group and 106 were included in the extended-course group. The incidence of AKI for patients in the short-course group was 12% (19/154) versus 26% (28/106) in the extended-course group (odds ratio: 2.55, 95% CI: 1.33-4.87; P = .004).

CONCLUSION: In noncritically ill patients, a short-course of VPT experienced less AKI compared to an extended-course. Clinicians should continue to practice strict antimicrobial stewardship for VPT therapies expected to continue beyond 72 hours.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Journal of pharmacy practice - 34(2021), 6 vom: 07. Dez., Seite 882-887

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Traversa, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Hammond, Drayton A [VerfasserIn]
Peksa, Gary D [VerfasserIn]
DeMott, Joshua M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

157044-21-8
6Q205EH1VU
87-53-6
Acute kidney injury
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Empiric antibiotics
Journal Article
Noncritically ill
Penicillanic Acid
Piperacillin
Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination
Piperacillin/tazobactam
Vancomycin
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Date Completed 26.11.2021

Date Revised 28.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0897190020933488

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311569293