An evaluation on the association of vancomycin trough concentration with mortality in critically ill patients: A multicenter retrospective study.

ABSTRACT: To determine the impact of initial vancomycin trough concentration (VTC) on mortality in adult patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) undergoing vancomycin therapy. During their first ICU stay, patients with initial VTC records after vancomycin treatment were recruited from the eICU Collaborative Research Database to this multicenter retrospective cohort study, and classified into four groups according to VTC: less than 10, 10-15, 15-20, and greater than 20 mg/L. Multivariable logistic regression and sensitivity analyses were performed to explore the association of VTC, as a continuous and categorical variable, with mortality. This study enrolled 7220 patients from 335 different ICUs at 208 hospitals. Multivariable logistic regression models indicated that VTC was positively correlated

SUBMITTER: Ren J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8504840 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature