Jennifer Le, PharmD Pediatric patients who attain higher trough levels of the drug may be at higher risk of kidney damage. SAN FRANCISCO—Nephrotoxicity from vancomycin therapy develops more quickly in ...

This study retrospectively reviewed data from hospital patients who were given vancomycin and had at least one trough vancomycin concentration measured approximately 30 minutes before the ...

Successful Migration to a Vancomycin AUC-dosing Protocol: Evaluation, Implementation and Outcomes in an Acute Care Hospital Setting Vancomycin, an antibiotic medication used to treat serious bacterial ...

Vancomycin has been associated with nephrotoxicity since first becoming available for clinical use. Until recently, the risk for vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity was presumed to be minimal -- modern ...

Background. This study analyzed the relationship between vancomycin area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) and acute kidney injury (AKI) reported across recent studies. Methods. A systematic ...