Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Treated with Vancomycin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Tertiary Care Hospital.

Mohammed A AlnuhaitLaila C Abu EsbaKhalid Al HarbiMeshary Al MesharyRami T Bustami

Published in: International journal of pediatrics (2018)

Overall, the incidence of AKI was low in our study sample with no statistically significant increased risk when PTZ was used in combination with vancomycin in a pediatric population. However, further investigation with an equal larger sample size is needed to confirm our findings.

Keyphrases

tertiary care
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
acute kidney injury
healthcare
emergency department
staphylococcus aureus
young adults
gram negative
newly diagnosed