Incidence and risk factors for potentially suboptimal serum concentrations of vancomycin during cardiac surgery.
CONCLUSION: Results of this study identified female gender, BMI > 25 kg/m2, and creatinine clearance above 70 mL/min as risk factors for suboptimal vancomycin serum concentration during cardiac surgery; no relationship was found between infusion duration and vancomycin levels less than 10 mg/L. These findings call attention to the risk of facilitating the emergence of vancomycin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains.
PMID: 30510640 [PubMed]
Source: World Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Cotogni P, Barbero C, Rinaldi M Tags: World J Cardiol Source Type: research
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