Relationships between creatinine increase and mortality rates in patients given vancomycin in 76 hospitals: The increasing role of infectious disease pharmacists.
Purpose Vancomycin is a commonly used antimicrobial with the potential for renal toxicity. We evaluated vancomycin duration, changes in renal function after vancomycin initiation ("post-vancomycin" renal function changes), and associated mortality risk among hospitalized patients. Methods We analyze...
| Published in: | American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Vol. 78; no. 23; pp. 2116 - 2126 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2021
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