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...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Vol. 78; no. 23; pp. 2116 - 2126
Autores principales: Yu, Kalvin C, Yamaga, Cynthia, Vankeepuram, Latha, Tabak, Ying P
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Dec2021
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