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Table 1 Characteristics of patients who developed Acute Kidney Injury to determine Vancomycin Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Program (TDM) safety compared to the historical control (CTRL)

From: Optimization of time to initial vancomycin target trough improves clinical outcomes

 

TDM (n = 173)

CTRL (n = 167)

P-value

Patients with acute kidney injury, n (%)

23 (13.3)

20 (12)

0.715

Male, n (%)

15 (65)

16 (80)

0.32

Age, median (IQR)

65 (48,75)

66 (50,76)

0.11

Weight (kg), median (IQR)

84 (74,114)

85 (74,112)

0.26

Co-morbidity Score, median (IQR)

8 (4,9)

6 (3,10)

0.29

Co-morbidities

 Chronic kidney disease (Stage III and IV), n (%)

8 (34.8)

5 (25)

0.52

 Central nervous system, n (%)

7 (30.4)

9 (45)

0.36

 Cardiovascular, n (%)

18 (78)

18 (90)

0.42

 Pulmonary, n (%)

8 (35)

6 (30)

1.0

 Diabetes, n (%)

11 (48)

6 (30)

0.35

 Gastrointestinal, n (%)

8 (35)

4 (20)

0.33

 Malignancy, n (%)

8 (35)

8 (40)

0.76

 Rheumatologic, n (%)

5 (22)

3 (15)

0.7

 Immunosuppression, n (%)

3 (13)

2 (10)

1.0

Site of infection

 Respiratory, n (%)

12 (52)

13 (65)

0.54

 Bacteremia, n (%)

14 (61)

12 (60)

1.0

 Urinary Tract, n (%)

2 (9)

4 (20)

0.39

 Skin and Soft Tissue, n (%)

0

2 (10)

0.21

 Bone/Joint, n (%)

1 (4)

3 (15)

0.32

 Central Nervous System, n (%)

0

0

 

 Intra-abdominal, n (%)

1 (4)

0

1.0

Sepsis/septic shock, n (%)

12 (52)

14 (70)

0.35

Culture result

 MRSA, n (%)

10 (43)

4 (20)

0.12

 MSSA, n (%)

1 (4)

2 (10)

1.0

 Coagulase Negative Staphylococci, n (%)

5 (22)

4 (25)

1.0

 S. pyogenes, n (%)

0

1 (5)

1.0

 E. faecalis, n (%)

4 (17)

3 (15)

1.0

 Other gram positives, n (%)

4 (17)

5 (25)

1.0

 Gram negatives, n (%)

9 (39)

11(55)

0.37

 Cultures negative, n (%)

2 (9)

4 (20)

0.39

MRSA MIC (mg/L)

 2, n (%)

0

0

 

Site of admission

 ICU, n (%)

16 (70)

15 (75)

0.74

 Medical Floor, n (%)

3 (13)

5 (25)

0.45

 Surgical Floor, n (%)

4 (17)

0

0.11

Concurrent antibiotics

 β-Lactam, n (%)

22 (96)

18 (90)

0.59

  Piperacillin/tazobactam, n (%)

17 (74)

11(55)

0.22

  Cefepime, n (%)

2 (9)

6 (30)

0.12

  Carbapenem, n (%)

1 (4.3)

1 (5)

1.0

  Other, n (%)

2 (9)

0

0.49

 Fluoroquinolone, n (%)

13 (57)

9 (45)

0.55

 Aminoglycoside, n (%)

1 (4.3)

2 (10)

0.590

Patients with initial VAN trough >20 mg/L, n (%)*

6 (25)

7 (27)

0.74

 Trough value, median (IQR)

22 (21,23)

31 (25,51)

0.05

RIFLE criteria

 Risk, n (%)

7 (30.4)

3 (15)

0.294

 Injury, n (%)

6 (26.1)

8 (40)

0.515

 Failure, n (%)

8 (34.8)

8 (40)

0.761

 Loss, n (%)

2 (8.7)

1 (5)

1.00

 ESRD, n (%)

0

0

 

Clinician identified etiology of AKI

 VAN implicated, n (%)

2 (8.7)

4 (19)

0.32

 Etiology identified as multifactorial, n (%)*

1 (50)

2 (50)

1.0

 VAN as the only cause, n (%)*

1 (50)

2 (50)

1.0

 Acute interstitial nephritis from other antimicrobial, n (%)

6 (26)

2 (10)

0.250

 Acute tubular necrosis, n (%)

14 (60.9)

14 (70)

0.75

 Contrast nephropathy, n (%)

1 (4.3)

1 (5)

1.00

 Other, n (%)

3 (13)

4 (20)

0.687

VAN implicated and initial trough >20 mg/L, n (%)

2 (100)

4 (100)

1.0

Concurrent nephrotoxins, n (%)

 Vasopressors, n (%)

6 (26.1)

11 (55)

0.07

 Diuretics, n (%)

13 (56.5)

12 (60)

1.00

 Amphotericin B, n (%)

0

1 (5)

0.465

 Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor or Angiotensin II receptor blocker, n (%)

6 (26.1)

3 (15)

0.467

  1. * Percentages based on the total cases in which vancomycin was implicated in each group.