Clearance of vancomycin during continuous infusion in Intensive Care Unit patients: correlation with measured and estimated creatinine clearance and serum cystatin C.

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Clearance of vancomycin during continuous infusion in Intensive Care Unit patients: correlation with measured and estimated creatinine clearance and serum cystatin C.

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2010 Sep 20;

Authors: Kees MG, Hilpert JW, Gnewuch C, Kees F, Voegeler S

Vancomycin (VAN) dosing requires adjustment to renal function, which is often estimated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula; however, its precision is poor in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. VAN clearance (CL(Van)) during continuous infusion was prospectively determined in 25 ICU patients [14 male, 11 female; age range 31-82 years; body mass index (BMI) 16.5-41.5kg/m(2); Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score at admission 8-36; creatinine clearance 25-195mL/min] and its correlation with measured creatinine clearance (CL(Crea)), estimated creatinine clearance using the Cockcroft-Gault formula (CL(CG)) and estimated glomerular filtration rate according to Hoek's formula based on serum cystatin C (GFR(Hoek)) was investigated. The correlation between CL(Van) and CL(Crea) was very good (r(2)=0.88), but it was rather poor with CL(CG) (r(2)=0.37) and was acceptable with GFR(Hoek) (r(2)=0.70). For VAN dose adjustments in ICU patients, determination of cystatin C may be an interesting and practical alternative to measured CL(Crea), whereas the Cockcroft-Gault formula should be used with caution.

PMID: 20863668 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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